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Orwellion gibbulum

Classification Diagnostic Features of Larvae
  • Similar to Elaphidion mucronatum but more robust; striations on posterior pronotum finer; epistoma nearly straight; labrum semi-circular, usually much wider than long, widest at base; first and second joints of antennae subequal; process of palpifer longer than last joint of maxillary palpus; ocelli small; ampullae coarsely reticulate to sub-tuberculate; spiracles small, oval, peritreme indistinct. 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