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Dorcaschema alternatum

Classification Diagnostic Features of Larvae
  • Larva. Distinguished from Dorcaschema nigrum by the compressed chitinous protuberance on the dorsal anal lobe; the hairs on the body are finer; the labrum is slightly longer and less sparsely ciliate; posterior area of pronotum very finely and irregularly striate to reticulate; tubercles of ampullae less confluent.

    Pupa. Form as in adult; remarkably glabrous, except for eight to ten small chitinous points on posterior edge of dorsal abdominal segments; last segment bearing a conical, acute reflexed spine. Adapted from Craighead (1923).
Biology and Economic Importance
  • Members of this tribe are known from various host plant families. Species of this tribe are potentially invasive outside their native range.
Selected References to Larvae Specimens

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Longicorn ID last updated 2020  E.H. Nearns, N.P. Lord, S.W. Lingafelter, A. Santos-Silva, K.B. Miller, & J.M. Zaspel