Species Gracilia minuta - Basket Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Works Cited

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.

Contributed by v belov on 5 February, 2014 - 11:43am
Last updated 14 February, 2014 - 9:29am

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