Wood Boring Insects of Montana
Oeme costata LeConte
Recorded Montana Distribution
The Montana Record for Oeme costata LeConte is based on a literature record, we saw no specimens of this species. The record is from a dot on a map of the range of the species in North America that is probably near Miles City. However, we cannot be sure, so no country record is mapped. See page 24 in Linsley, E. G. 1962. The Cerambycidae of North America. Part III: Taxonomy and classification of the subfamily Cerambycinae, tribes Opsimini through Megaderini. University of California Publications in Entomology 20: 1-188.
Distribution: western USA
Biology and Hosts: pine
Collecting Notes:
Flight Period: June - August
Size: 16-22mm
Photos courtesy of Larry Bezark via Photographic Catalog of Cerambycidae of the World: http://plant.cdfa.ca.gov/byciddb/details.asp?id=995
A Montana Agriculture/ Experiment Station project in cooperation with USDA, APHIS, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Montana Department of Agriculture, Dept. of Natural Resources and Conservation, Forestry Division, and Montana 4-H