Cottonwood Borer next to quarter for size reference.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Cerambycidae
Subfamily:
Lamiinae
Genus:
Plectrodera
Dejean, 1837
Species:
P. scalator
Binomial name
Plectrodera scalator
(Fabricius, 1792) [1][2]
The cottonwood borer (Plectrodera scalator) is a species of longhorn beetle found in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains that feeds on cottonwood trees.[3] It is one of the largest insects in North America, with lengths reaching 40 millimetres (1.6 in) and widths, 12 mm (0.47 in). It is the only species in the genus Plectrodera.[4]
^"Plectrodera scalator (Fabricius, 1792)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
^Biolib.cz - Plectrodera scalator. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.
^Eaton, Eric R.; Kenn Kaufman (2007). Kaufman field guide to insects of North America. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 174–175. ISBN 978-0-618-15310-7.
^Earle Gorton Linsley & John A. Chemsak (1984). Cerambycidae of North America. Part VII, No. 1: Taxonomy and Classification of the Subfamily Lamiinae, Tribes Parmenini Through Acanthoderini, Volume 114. Volume 102 of UC Publications in Entomology. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-09690-5.
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