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Range: Texas (Cameron and Hidalgo counties) to Southern California, northern Mexico and Baja California.
Adult Activity: April to November (Hovore, et al. 1987)
Hosts: Acacia, Salix and Leucaena (Dan Heffern, pers. comm.).
Similar Species: There are 20 species of Lissonotus, but only Lissonotus flavocinctus reaches in the U.S.
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Hovore, F.T., R.L. Penrose & R.W. Neck. 1987. The Cerambycidae, or longhorned beetles, of southern Texas: a faunal survey (Coleoptera). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 44(13): 283-334, 20 figs.
Huffman, F. R. and J. A. Harding. 1980. Pitfall collected insects from various Lower Rio Grande Valley habitats. Southwestern Entomologist 5(1):33-46.
Monné, M.A. & F.T. Hovore. 2005. Electronic Checklist of the Cerambycidae of the Western Hemisphere. 393 pp.
Vogt, B.G. 1949. Notes on Cerambycidae from the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 25(3):137-144; (4):175-184.
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