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Species Elytrimitatrix undata

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles)
Subfamily Disteniinae
Genus Elytrimitatrix
Species undata (Elytrimitatrix undata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Elytrimitatrix (Elytrimitatrix) undata (Fabricius)
Orig. Comb: Callidium undata Fabricius 1775
Syn: Distenia undata (Fabricius) - see: Santos-Silva & Hovore (2007)
Explanation of Names
undata = 'wavy' (after elytral pattern)
Size
16-25 mm(1)
Identification
Range
e US to C. TX (NY-FL to NE-TX) - Map (2)(3)
Food
Larvae in var. hardwoods and pine(2)
Remarks
Attracted to UV lights, bait traps(1)
Print References
Santos-Silva A., Hovore F.T. (2007) Divisão do gênero Distenia Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville, notas sobre a venação alar em Disteniini, homonímias, sinonímia e redescrições (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Disteniinae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 47: 1–29. (Full text)
Internet References
Cerambycidae Catalog
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
2.Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States
Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 11 July, 2006 - 11:34am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 31 August, 2022 - 12:08am

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