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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) » Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles (Lamiinae) » Phytoeciini » Oberea » Raspberry Cane Borer (Oberea affinis)
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Oberea affinis - male - female
Copyright © 2014 metrioptera

Oberea affinis - Male Female
Wells, York County, Maine, USA
July 9, 2014
Mating pair on bramble.
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Contributed by metrioptera on 11 July, 2014 - 4:23pm

English names
Neat pics - is "Raspberry Cane Borer" really an accepted English name? I understand English names are not official and can vary from place to place, but two species in the same genus with overlapping ranges having the same name seems odd. I Always saw Oberea perspicillata referred to by that name and it is referred to by that name on this site as well.
… Harry Zirlin, 21 January, 2015 - 11:41am login or register to post comments

 
Well I'm not a beetle expert,
Well I'm not a beetle expert, so I can't really say, but on the info page it says that the two species may be synonymous. If that's true then it would make sense that they have the same common name.

You might want to post in the general discussion forum and see what others think.
… metrioptera, 21 January, 2015 - 5:37pm login or register to post comments

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