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
Tessaropa tenuipes
(Haldeman)
.
New larval host
records.
Craighead (1923)
states that pupation and transformation to adult occur in late summer or fall, but in
Pennsylvania
, JV has always seen it as a pupa throughout late fall and winter, as also reported by Fisher and Kirk (1912). New larval host plants include
Acer saccharum
Marshall (Sapindaceae)
,
Carpinus caroliniana
Walter (Betulaceae)
,
Corylus americana
Walter (Betulaceae)
, and
Prunus serotina
Ehrh.
from Montgomery Co., Green Lane and
Quercus palustris
Münchh., Montgomery Co., Valley Forge Park (JVC)
.
Tessaropa tenuipes
is most frequently found in thin terminal portions of broken branches still attached to the tree.