Texas Beetle Information

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Beautiful Mesquite Borer

Callona rimosa (Buquet, 1840)

Family Cerambycidae, Subfamily Cerambycinae, Tribe Trachyderini

Unit Tray from the Texas A&M University Insect Collection

Texas County Records for Callona rimosa

County Record Data from E.G. Riley, Nov. 2005

Range: South Texas to northern Mexico.

Adult Activity: March-July, most specimens from TAMUIC collected in April-May.

Larval Hosts: Larvae feed within the bases of living Mesquite (Prosopis) and Huisache (Acacia).

Similar Species: There are nine species of Callona, but only Callona rimosa reaches the United States.

Etymology: Callona rimosa

callio (G). More beautiful
callun (G). Adorn, beautify
rim, =a, -o (L). A fissure, split

References:

Arnett, R.H., Jr., M.C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley & J.H. Frank. (editors). 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL. xiv + 861 pp.

Borror, D.J. 1960. Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms. National Press Books, Palo Alto. v + 134 pp.

Hovore, F.T., R.L. Penrose & R.W. Neck 1987. The Cerambycidae, or longhorned beetles, of southern Texas: a faunal survey. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 44(13): 283-344, 20 figs.

Hudepohl, K.E. 1985. Revision der Trachyderini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae). Entomol. Arb. Mus. George Frey, 33/34:1-167.

Monné, M.A. & F.T. Hovore. 2005. Electronic Checklist of the Cerambycidae of the Western Hemisphere. 393 pp.

Solomon, J.D. 1995. Guide to insect borers of North American broadleaf trees and shrubs. USDA Forest Service Handbook 706. Washington, DC. 735 pp.

Vogt, B.G. 1949. Notes on Cerambycidae from the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 25(3):137-144; (4):175-184.