Stenostola dubia (Laicharting, 1784)
(Lime Longhorn Beetle, Lime Beetle)

Interactions where Stenostola dubia is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
feeds on Tilia limes Malvales: Malvaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Stenostola dubia/Stenostola dubialime longhorn beetle, lime beetle Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Tilia/Tilialimes
imago imago grazes on live leaf Major Tilia limes Malvales: Malvaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 2, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Stenostola dubia/Stenostola dubialime longhorn beetle, lime beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Tilia/TilialimesliveleafMajor
larva larva feeds within dead branch Major Tilia limes Malvales: Malvaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 2, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Stenostola dubia/Stenostola dubialime longhorn beetle, lime beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Tilia/TilialimesdeadbranchMajor
larva larva feeds within dead branch [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 2, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Stenostola dubia/Stenostola dubialime longhorn beetle, lime beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdeadbranch

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 2British Wildlife Vol 19, No 1: 35-43.

Stenostola dubia (Lime Longhorn Beetle, Lime Beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Stenostola dubia (Lime Longhorn Beetle, Lime Beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStenostola dubia (Lime Longhorn Beetle, Lime Beetle)
SubfamilyLAMIINAE (a subfamily of longhorn beetles)
FamilyCERAMBYCIDAE (longhorn beetles)
SuperfamilyCHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Stenostola dubia (Lime Longhorn Beetle, Lime Beetle)

Stenostola dubia (Lime Longhorn Beetle, Lime Beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Stenostola dubia (Lime Longhorn Beetle, Lime Beetle):

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