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
Neoclytus tenuiscriptus
Fall.
New larval host
record.
RLA found this species in living
Lonicera
sp. (Caprifoliaceae)
, typically at elevations of about
2,000 m
in southern
California
in the San Jacinto, San Bernardino, and San Gabriel Mountains. The larvae bore in thin, living stems, preferring those that are prone and in contact with soil.
Obrium maculatum
(Olivier)
.
New larval host records.
Fig. 3.
Stems of desert almond girdled by
Neaneflus fuchsii
. A–C) Girdled stems showing the girdle and the emergence hole (arrow) below it, the hole is plugged with fibrous frass, D–E) Top view of the girdle, after removing the frass in the girdle in E, the place where the larva headed down is marked by a wad of fibrous frass.
DJH reared this common polyphagous species from
P. aculeata
from TX: Duval Co.,
M. arboreus
from TX: Cameron Co., Sabal Palm Sanctuary, and
Condalia
sp.
from TX:
Hidalgo
Co., Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge.