Desert-broom-associate

Guides

• Stenaspis verticalis insignis

  Red-headed Beauty

  Stenaspis verticalis insignis is a subspecies of longhorn beetle in the family Cerambycidae, tribe Trachyderini. It occurs in the southwestern United States and Mexico. The species was collected during a 2018 Arizona collecting trip in the Santa Rita Mountains, where specimens were found on Baccharis sarothroides (desert broom). The subspecies is characterized by its distinctive coloration, which includes a red head in adults.

  CerambycidaeTrachyderiniSouthwestern-USMexicodesert-broom-associatediurnalrarely-attracted-to-lights