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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 » Neoclytus » Red-Headed Ash Borer (Neoclytus acuminatus)

Species Neoclytus acuminatus - Red-Headed Ash Borer

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Works Cited

BG2228 E4436 - Neoclytus acuminatus - male

Red-Headed Ash Borer - Neoclytus acuminatus

Cerambycidae, Red-Headed Ash Borer - Neoclytus acuminatus

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 Neoclytus

Species acuminatus (Red-Headed Ash Borer)

Explanation of Names

Neoclytus acuminatus (Fabricius 1775)

Numbers

2 sspp., both in our area(1)

Size

4-13 mm(2)

Identification

markings distinctive; note the thickened antennal tips

Range

e. NA to NM-CO, plus scattered western records - Map (3)

N. a. acuminatus* e. NA to NB-TX; N. a. hesperus w. NA(1)

*introduced in Europe, now widespread(4)

Season

mostly: Apr-Aug(3)

Food

Larvae feed on the sapwood of ash and other hardwoods, and even occasionally on vines and shrubs(2). Larvae are common in downed timber with the bark left on.

Life Cycle

Overwinters in infested tree trunks, probably as pupae; adults emerge in early spring and lay eggs under bark of recently dead trees

One generation per year in the north(5)

Remarks

Comes to lights(2)

Works Cited

1.	New World Cerambycidae Catalog

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

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

4.	Alien terrestrial arthropods of Europe Roques A., Kenis M., Lees D., Lopez-Vaamonde C., Rabitsch W., Rasplus J.-Y., Roy D., eds. 2010. BioRisk 4 Special Issue; 2 vols., 1028 pp.

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

Contributed by Stephen_WV on 6 September, 2004 - 7:34pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov, Marci Hess
Last updated 23 July, 2023 - 1:35pm

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