Desmocerus aureipennis Classification Family Cerambycidae > Subfamily Lepturinae > Tribe Desmocerini > Genus Desmocerus Diagnostic Features of Larvae Larva. Distinguished from Desmocerus palliatus by the denser castaneous hairs on the anterior margin of the labrum; two broad median impressions on the front; inner apical face of lacinia bearing a dense brush of hairs; mesonotum and metanotum anteriorly dull, covered with very fine velvety asperities; femur and tibia of equal length; ampullae less strongly tuberculate. Adapted from Craighead (1923). Biology and Economic Importance Members of this tribe are known from elderberry (Sambucus). Selected References to Larvae Specimens Craighead, 1923