Banded hickory borer

Taxobox
name = Banded hickory borer
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Coleoptera
subordo = Polyphaga
superfamilia = Chrysomeloidea
familia = Cerambycidae
subfamilia = Cerambycinae
tribus = Bothriospilini
genus = "Knulliana"
species = "K. cincta"
binomial = "Knulliana cincta"
binomial_authority = (Drury, 1773)The banded hickory borer, "Knulliana cincta", is a species of longhorn beetle about 15-30 mm in length occurring throughout the eastern half of North America, including Mexico and the Bahamas, with one subspecies extending to the Sonoran Desert. If roughly handled it may start to squeak furiously. They are usually found on hickory trees and oak trees, where they lay their eggs; the larvae bore into the trees, sometimes doing significant damage. There are three described subspecies [Monné, Miguel A. & Hovore, Frank T. (2005) Electronic Checklist of the Cerambycidae of the Western Hemisphere. [http://www.cerambycids.com/checklist/Monne&Hovore_2005.pdf PDF] ] :

*"Knulliana c. cincta" (Drury) - Eastern North America, Texas
*"Knulliana cincta ochracea" (Bates) - Southeastern United States, Northeastern Mexico, Bahamas
*"Knulliana cincta sonorensis" (Schaeffer) - Texas to Arizona, adjacent regions in Mexico

References

External links

* [http://bugguide.net/node/view/6804 Bug Guide]