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Dorcadion scopolii
Dorcadion scopolii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Tribe: Lamiini
Genus: Dorcadion
Species: D. scopolii
Binomial name
Dorcadion scopolii
(Herbst, 1784)

Dorcadion scopolii is a species of longhorn beetle in the subfamily Lamiinae.

Description

The length of the adult is 9–11 millimetres (0.35–0.43 in). The antennae and legs are usually black. The pronotum is strongly transverse. The shoulder is external, spinal and seems to have almost an equal width of stripes.

Males have longer antennae compared to females. Adults feed on blades of grass, chewing them from the bottom.

Eggs are laid in tufts of grass. The larvae will feed on the fibrous roots and pupate. They will emerge in the following spring, sometime between late February and May, depending on the temperature.

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Extant Coleoptera families
Suborder Archostemata
Suborder Adephaga
Extant families
Suborder Myxophaga
Suborder Polyphaga
Bostrichiformia
Bostrichoidea
Derodontoidea
Cucujiformia
Chrysomeloidea
Cleroidea
Coccinelloidea
Cucujoidea
Curculionoidea
(weevils)
Lymexyloidea
Tenebrionoidea
Elateriformia
Buprestoidea
Byrrhoidea
Dascilloidea
Elateroidea
Rhinorhipoidea
Scirtoidea
Scarabaeiformia
Scarabaeoidea
Staphyliniformia
Histeroidea
Hydrophiloidea
Staphylinoidea
List of subgroups of the order Coleoptera
Taxon identifiers
Dorcadion scopolii


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