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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Cerambycinae » Clytini » Xylotrechus » subgenus Rusticoclytus (Xylotrechus subgenus Rusticoclytus) » Rustic Borer (Xylotrechus colonus)

Species Xylotrechus colonus - Rustic Borer

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Unknown Longhorn Beetle - Xylotrechus colonus

Xylotrechus colonus (Fabricius) - Xylotrechus colonus

Long-horned Beetle - Xylotrechus colonus

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 Cerambycinae

Tribe Clytini

Genus Xylotrechus

No Taxon (subgenus Rusticoclytus)

Species colonus (Rustic Borer)

Explanation of Names

Xylotrechus (Rusticoclytus) colonus (Fabricius 1775)

colonus = 'farmer, colonist'

Size

8-15 mm(1)

Identification

Broad pale markings on elytra. Narrow sinuate band at base of elytra is distinctive.

Range

e NA (NS-FL to MN-TX) - Map (2)(3), one of the commonest eastern cerambycids(4)

Food

larvae develop in virtually all eastern hardwoods, especially Carya, Fagus,; also Pinus(5)

Life Cycle

prefers recently killed trees(4)

The larvae feed almost exclusively in the bark without scarring the wood(4)

Remarks

comes to lights(1)

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.

2.	Beetles of Eastern North America Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

4.	Eastern Forest Insects Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.

5.	Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.

Contributed by Stephen_WV on 6 September, 2004 - 7:19pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, Ben Coulter, v belov, Marci Hess
Last updated 24 February, 2024 - 3:22pm

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