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Species Poecilium lividum

Poecilium lividum Poecilium lividum
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 Callidiini
Genus Poecilium
Species lividum (Poecilium lividum)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phymatodes lividus
Explanation of Names
Poecilium lividum (Rossi 1794)
Size
5-8 mm(1)
Range
native to w. Palaearctic (mostly Mediterranean)(2), adventive in NA (ne. US: MA-VA, esp. NY)(1)
Season
in our area, Jun(1)
Food
hosts: hardwoods
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
2.New World Cerambycidae Catalog