Suborder Polyphaga Family Cerambycidae Rank Species | Superfamily Cerambycoidea Order Beetle | |
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Similar Taeniotes, Beetle, Neoptychodes trilineatus, Lamiini, Disteniidae | ||
Taeniotes scalatus is a species of flat-faced longhorn beetle belonging to the Cerambycidae family, Lamiinae subfamily.
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Description
Taeniotes scalatus can reach a length of 30–40 millimetres (1.2–1.6 in). Basic color of body is black, with a yellow dorsal streak and small spots. Larval host plants are cultivated figs (Ficus carica), Artocarpus altilis, Artocarpus integrifolia, Brosimum utile, Castilloa elastica, Morus alba and Coffea arabica. These nocturnal flat-faced longhorn beetles can be found all year round, especially from March to June.
Distribution
This species is very common and widely distributed in Azores and in Nearctic ecozone, in Mexico, in Central America (Belize, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Colombia, Equator, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and Venezuela).