Tessaropa tenuipes (Haldeman)

Heffern, Daniel J., Vlasak, Josef & Alten, Ronald L., 2018, Larval Host Plant Records, Distributional Records, and Biological Information on North American Cerambycidae (Coleoptera), The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (4), pp. 739-750 : 746

Tessaropa tenuipes (Haldeman) . New larval host

records.

Craighead (1923) states that pupation and transformation to adult occur in late summer or fall, but in Pennsylvania, JV has always seen it as a pupa throughout late fall and winter, as also reported by Fisher and Kirk (1912). New larval host plants include Acer saccharum Marshall (Sapindaceae) , Carpinus caroliniana Walter (Betulaceae) , Corylus americana Walter (Betulaceae) , and Prunus serotina Ehrh. from Montgomery Co., Green Lane and Quercus palustris Münchh., Montgomery Co., Valley Forge Park (JVC) . Tessaropa tenuipes is most frequently found in thin terminal portions of broken branches still attached to the tree.