Beetles of North Carolina
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View CERAMBYCIDAE Members: Sole representative of Etorofus in NC 1 NC Records

Etorofus plebejus (Randall, 1838) - Plebeian Long-horned Beetle


Photo by: Rob Van Epps
Taxonomy
Family: CERAMBYCIDAE Subfamily: Lepturinae                                                             
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Resources: BugGuide, Wikipedia, GBIF   iNaturalist                                                              
Distribution in North Carolina
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥
 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) <
 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)
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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Our one record comes from a high elevation site with spruce growing close by
See also Habitat Account for Spruce-Fir Forests
Diet: Larvae feed on spruce and pine (Yanega, 1996)
Observation Methods: Adults are diurnal and can be found on flowers
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Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status: [SR]
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 S1S2
State Protection:
Comments: This species is primarily boreal with records from northern New England and Canada. Our record from the Black Mountains is located greater than 500 miles from the next documented population. Like several of our moth species, this beetle is probably a Pleistocene relict and is probably limited in its distribution in North Carolina to high elevation stands of spruce.

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Recorded by: Rob Van Epps
Yancey Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Rob Van Epps
Yancey Co.
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