Larvae of Long-Horned Beetles
Boring through the Wood
of Spruces (Picea spp.)

Long-Horned Beetle Species
Scientific Name &
Common Name (if any)
Comments (if any)
Arhopalus foveicolle
(syn. Arhopalus foveicollis)
(Pitted Longhorn Beetle)
bores into bases of dead trees
Brachyleptura circumdata
Callidium violaceusbores under bark,
introduced from Europe
Eupogonius tomentosa
(Hairy Longhorn Beetle)
Gnathacmaeops pratensis
(syn. Acmaeops pratensis)
Leptura plebeja
Monochamus marmorator
(Balsam Fir Sawyer)
bores into dead & dying trees
Monochamus titillator
(Southern Pine Sawyer)
bores into dead & dying trees
Phymatodes maculicollisbores under bark
Pogonocerus penicillatus
(Tufted-Back Longhorn)
Sachalinobia rugipennis rugipennis
Semanotus litigiosus
(Fir Tree Borer)
Trachysida aspera brevifrons

Note: All species are in the Cerambycidae.
Source: Yanega (1996)

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