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Species Gracilia minuta - Basket Beetle

Gracilia minuta
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 Graciliini
Genus Gracilia
Species minuta (Basket Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Gracilia minuta (Fabricius 1781)
Size
2.5-7 mm [4-6 mm per(1)]
Range
native to, and widespread across w. Palaearctic, adventive in e. NA, Japan(1)(2), S. America, Australia
Habitat
dead branches of numerous shrubs & hardwoods(1); infests baskets and other articles made of unbarked willow/hazel twigs(3)
Season
May-Jul(1)
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
2.Coleoptera Poloniae
3.Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology
Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.