Other Common Names
Painted Hickory Borer - PHB
(1)Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Megacyllene caryae (Gahan)
Orig. Comb: Cyllene caryae Gahan 1908
Explanation of Names
caryae (L). "of Carya", the genus of trees which includes hickories and pecans.
Identification
typically elytral bands narrow and alternating white and yellow
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metepisternum with white or yellow pubescence divided at middle
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Det. M. A. Quinn, 2017
Range
e US (TX-GA-MA-KS) plus ON; the most abundantly collected cerambycid in north-central Texas
(3)Food
larvae mine newly dead hickory, and sometimes other hardwoods.
(1)Life Cycle
Adults emerging in spring to lay eggs beneath bark scales on logs cut the previous winter. The larvae feed for several weeks then bore into the sapwood and later the heartwood. Pupation occurs in the fall at the end of a larval mine behind a wad of fibrous frass.
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One generation per year
(4)See Also
Locust Borer (
Megacyllene robinae) is active mainly
Aug-Oct rather than in the spring, is widely distributed, has all yellow elytral markings, and its metepisternum (region between 2nd & 3rd hind leg) is nearly completely covered in yellow pubescence
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