Oncideres cingulata Classification Family Cerambycidae > Subfamily Lamiinae > Tribe Onciderini > Genus Oncideres Diagnostic Features of Larvae Larva. Form cylindrical semi-robust; integument smooth, shining, sparsely clothed with whitish silky hairs. Head rather thick, somewhat salient, sides converging behind, often slightly constricted; epistoma abruptly raised, bearing a transverse row of short longitudinal carinae; clypeus and labrum thin, latter broadly oval, narrowed behind; anterior margin finely ciliate; mandibles short, little longer than basal width, shining, cutting edge very obliquely truncate; antennal cavity angulate behind; one pair of small black ocelli. Ventral mouth-parts rather fleshy; mentum distinct, narrowly transverse, very slightly sunken; maxillary palpi very slender, last joint acute, slender, longer than second, shorter than last labial; anterior edge of hypostoma not distinct in middle, transversely slightly bulging; gula indistinct. Prothorax subrectangular, thick; pronotum not well defined at sides, posterior area elliptical, embossed, white and finely striate, anteriorly smooth, shining, laterally with a few fine silky hairs; eusternum shining, well defined, triangular; sternellum well defined, shining. Mesonotum dull granulate; metanotum, mesosternum, and metasternum bearing two regular rows of distinct small tubercles. Abdominal segments nearly cylindrical; ampullae very narrow, protuberant, bearing two regular rows of small beadlike tubercles; epipleurum more or less protuberant on seven segments, tubercles oval, abruptly protuberant, several slender setae and no chitinous pits; spiracles very small, orbicular, peritreme thin. Pupa. Form as in adult; front of head bearing numerous fine hairs, and a dense group at base of antennae and on mandibles; scape of antennae bearing a recurved fleshy process; pronotum thickly beset with slender hairs as are also the mesonotum and metanotum; abdominal terga rather densely covered with small, chitinous, setose points, much thicker on caudal segments. Adapted from Craighead (1923). Biology and Economic Importance Adult females of several genera in this tribe (e.g., Ecthoea, Lochmaeocles, Oncideres, Psyllotoxus) girdle branches of various host trees. Selected References to Larvae Specimens Craighead, 1923