Aneflomorpha subpubescens (LeConte)

Heffern, Daniel J., Vlasak, Josef & Alten, Ronald L., 2018, Larval Host Plant Records, Distributional Records, and Biological Information on North American Cerambycidae (Coleoptera), The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (4), pp. 739-750 : 741

Aneflomorpha subpubescens (LeConte) . New

larval host records.

JV found larvae feeding in living oak saplings. The larvae were creating conspicuous series of small, regularly spaced holes along the stem through which frass was being expelled, as also recorded by Craighead (1923). In late summer, the infested saplings could be seen at a distance due to their dead leaves. At that time, the larva was working its way downward into the roots where it would overwinter and pupate in the spring. In the New Jersey Pine Barrens, this beetle is common in oak saplings. New hosts include Quercus ilicifolia Wangenh. from NJ: Burlington Co., Wharton State Forest and also Comptonia peregrina (L.) J. M. Coult. ( Myricaceae ) ( Fig. 1D ) and Gaylussacia (Ericaceae) ( Fig. 1B ), both from NJ: Camden Co.

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Fig. 1. Stems girdled by Cerambycidae. A) Aneflomorpha citrana in Indigofera sphaerocarpa, B) Aneflomorpha subpubescens in Gaylussacia, C) A. subpubescens in Quercus, D) A. subpubescens in Comptonia peregrina, E) Anelaphus brevidens in Ericameria linearifolia, F) A. brevidens in Calliandra eriophylla, G) Oberea deficiens Casey in Viburnum acerifolium L., H) Oberea myops Haldeman in Kalmia latifolia L.