Larval Host Plant Records, Distributional Records, and Biological Information on North American Cerambycidae (Coleoptera)
Author
Heffern, Daniel J.
Author
Vlasak, Josef
Author
Alten, Ronald L.
text
The Coleopterists Bulletin
2018
2018-12-28
72
4
739
750
http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-72.4.739
journal article
10.1649/0010-065X-72.4.739
1938-4394
5385218
Xylotrechus quadrimaculatus
(Haldeman)
.
New
larval host records.
Larvae of this species girdle living branches of various hardwoods, mainly
Betula
spp. (Betulaceae)
and
Fagus grandifolia
Ehrh. (Fagaceae)
(
Craighead 1923
). Branches that break off and fall onto the ground retain leaves and can be readily seen on the forest floor. Infested branches can be collected during summer and throughout winter. The beetles emerge the following spring.
In the Poconos region of eastern
Pennsylvania
, JV frequently found larvae in
Betula lenta
L. and
Betula alleghaniensis
Britton.
JValso reared it from additional new host plants:
Betula papyrifera
Marshall
and
Alnus incana
(L.) Moench from NY: Franklin Co., Tupper Lake;
Ostrya virginiana
(Mill.) K. Koch (Betulaceae)
from NY: Oswego Co., Pulaski; and
Corylus cornuta
Marshall
and
C. americana
from PA: Luzerne Co., Nescopeck Creek.