Lepturges angulatus
(LeConte, 1852)
Lepturges angulatus is a of longhorn beetle in the Lamiinae. It was described by LeConte in 1852, with a basionym of Leiopus angulatus. The species has been reared from dead branches of red buckeye (Aesculus pavia) in Missouri, representing a documented larval association.
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Habitat
Rich, moist, east-facing slopes in deciduous forest. Larvae develop in dead branches of hardwood trees.
Distribution
North America; recorded from Ontario and Québec in Canada, and the United States. The has been documented in the Ozark Highlands of Missouri.
Seasonality
have been reared from wood collected in spring. Activity likely corresponds with early spring .
Diet
Larvae feed on dead wood of red buckeye (Aesculus pavia). This represents a documented record from Missouri.
Host Associations
- Aesculus pavia - larval Documented from dead branches in Missouri Ozarks; published record (MacRae and Rice 2007)
Life Cycle
Larvae develop in dead branches of trees. emerge in spring.
Ecological Role
Wood-boring contributing to decomposition of dead hardwood branches.
Similar Taxa
- Lepturges regularisCo-occurs on same plant (Aesculus pavia); distinguished by different morphological features and rarity of encounter.
- Leptostylus transversusCo-occurs on same plant; belongs to different within same .
- Astyleiopus variegatusCo-occurs on same plant; belongs to different tribe within Cerambycidae.
- Hyperplatys maculataCo-occurs on same plant; belongs to different within same .
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Host Record Significance
The red buckeye (Aesculus pavia) record was notable because this plant was not known by Steyermark (1963) to occur naturally outside the southeastern Ozark Highlands. The specimen was collected from Fox Creek in the White River Hills of extreme southwestern Missouri.