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Range: sw USA (AZ-TX), nc Mexico (DU), Baja Calif
Similar species: There are over 100 species of Oncideres (per Monné & Hovore, 2002), three of which occur in Texas:
The mesquite girdler (Oncideres rhodosticta) can be found in the southern Rolling Plains and the Trans- Pecos regions. As the name implies, this beetle prefers the limbs of mesquite but will also girdle several species of acacia.
The pecan girdler (Oncideres cingulata), found throughout Texas except for the Trans-Pecos region, attacks and girdles a wide range of deciduous trees. The preferred hosts include pecan, persimmon, hickory, walnut, red oak, hackberry, elm, mesquite, huisache, tepeguaje, mimosa, retama, Texas ebony, citrus and various fruit trees.
The huisache girdler (Oncideres pustulata) inhabits the Gulf Coastal Prairie, South Texas and the Lower Rio Grande Valley regions. It confines its attack primarily to huisache, tepeguaje and mimosa but will also girdle mesquite, retama, Texas ebony and citrus.
Weblinks:
Twig Girdlers - TAMU
Twig Girdlers - TAMU
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M.C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley & J.H. Frank. (editors). 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 861 pp.
Ansley, R.J., C.H. Meadors & P.W. Jacoby. 1990. Preferential attraction of the twig girdler, Oncideres cingulata texana Horn, to moisture-stressed mesquite. Southwestern Entomologist 15: 469-474.
Bilsing, S.W. 1916. Life history of the pecan twig girdler. J. Econ. Entomol. 9: 110-115.
Burke, H. R., J. A. Jackman, & M. Rose. 1994. Insects Associated with Woody Ornamental Plants. EEE - 00019. Texas A&M University, College Station. pp 1-166.
Felker, P., Reyes, I. & Smith, D. 1983. Twig girdler (Oncideres spp.) damage to Acacia, Albizia, Leucaena and Prosopis in the new world. Nitrogen Fixing Tree Research Reports1, 44.
Hanks, L. M. 1999. Influence of the larval host plant on reproductive strategies of cerambycid beetles. Annual Review of Entomology 44: 483-505.
Hovore, F.T. & R.L. Penrose 1982. Notes on Cerambycidae coinhabiting girdles of Oncideres pustulata LeConte. Southwestern Naturalist, 27(1): 23 - 27.
Hovore, F.T., R.L. Penrose & R.W. Neck 1987. The Cerambycidae, or longhorned beetles, of southern Texas: a faunal survey. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 44(13): 283-344, 20 figs.
Kennedy, H. E., Jr.; Solomon, J.D.; Krinard, R.M. 1981. Twig Girdler, Oncideres Cingulata (Say), Attacks Terminals of Plantation-managed Pecans. USDA Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station, Research Note SO-263
Linsley, E.G. 1940. Notes on Oncideres twig girdlers. J. Econ. Entomol., 33(3):561-563.
Linsley E.G. & Chemsak J.A. 1984. Cerambycidae of North America. Part VII, No. 1. Taxonomy and Classification of the Subfamily Lamiinae, Tribes Parmenini through Acanthoderini. University of California Press, Berkeley. 102: 1-258 p.
Matheny, W.A. 1909. The Twig Girdler The Ohio Naturalist 10(1): 1-7.
Monné, M.A. & F.T. Hovore. 2005. Electronic Checklist of the Cerambycidae of the Western Hemisphere. 393 pp.
Noguera, F.A. 1993. Revisión taxonómica del genero Oncideres Serville en Mexico. Folia Entomol. Mex., 88:9-60, 6 figs.
Rice, M.E. 1986. Winter mortality of
Oncideres pustulatus LeConte (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) larvae induced by freezing
temperatures. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 59: 423-427.
Rice, M.E. 1989. Branch girdling and oviposition biology of
Oncideres pustulatus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) on Acacia
farnesiana. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 82: 181-186.
Rice, M.E. 1995. Branch girdling by
Oncideres cingulata (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) and relative host quality of persimmon, hickory, and
elm. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 88: 451-455.
Solomon, J.D. 1995. Guide to insect borers of North American broadleaf trees and shrubs. Agric. USDA Forest Service Handbook #706, 735 pp
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