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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 » Hesperophanini » Trichoferus » Velvet Longhorned Beetle (Trichoferus campestris)

Species Trichoferus campestris - Velvet Longhorned Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Trichoferus campestris Pennsylvania Cerambycid for ID - Trichoferus campestris Pennsylvania Cerambycid for ID - Trichoferus campestris no elytral spines? - Trichoferus campestris longhorn beetle at light - Trichoferus campestris Long-horned Beetle - Trichoferus campestris Trichoferus campestris? - Trichoferus campestris Trichoferus campestris? - Trichoferus campestris
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 Hesperophanini
Genus Trichoferus
Species campestris (Velvet Longhorned Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Trichoferus campestris (Faldermann 1835)
Range
native to, and widespread across e. Palaearctic (west to w. Russia), adventive in NA (QC)(1)
Food
polyphagous, recorded from ~40 genera of woody conifers and angiosperms(1)
Life Cycle
2 or more years(1)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: QC 2002(1)
Internet References
fact sheet(2)
Works Cited
1.Trichoferus campestris (Faldermann) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), an Asian wood-boring beetle recorded in North America
Grebennikov V.V., Gill B.D., Vigneault R. 2010. The Coleopterists Bulletin 64(1): 13–20.
2.Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) resource and collaboration site
Contributed by v belov on 26 February, 2014 - 6:56pm

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