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Specimen curated in the TAMUIC
Range: Cameron County, Texas south to Mexico (Vera Cruz, Sinaloa, Oaxaca, Chiapas) - (Chemsak & Noguera, 1998)
Adult Activity: November to January in the Chiapas, Mexico
On flowers of H. appendiculatus, S. saponaria and C. aesculifolia. (Toledo et al., 2002)
Larval Host(s): Unknown
Similar Species:
There are seven species of Sphaenothecus, but only two reach the United States:
Texas Taxa:
Sphaenothecus bivittata Dupont
Sphaenothecus trilineatus Dupont
Website: Sphaenothecus trilineatus Dupont - Cerambycidae Catalog
References:
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.
Chemsak, J.A., & F.A. Noguera. 1998. Review of the genus Sphaenothecus Dupont (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 74(1): 12-26.
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.
Monné, M.A. & F.T. Hovore. 2005. Electronic Checklist of the Cerambycidae of the Western Hemisphere. 393 pp.
Toledo, V.H., F.A. Noguera, J.A. Chemsak, F.T. Hovore & E.F. Giesbert. 2002. The cerambycid fauna of the tropical dry forest of "El Aguacero," Chiapas, Mexico. Coleopterists Bulletin 56(4): 515-532. Abstract
30 Nov 2008 © Mike Quinn / Texas Entomology / Texas Beetle Information