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title: "Lepture à bandes pourprées"
description: "Typocerus velutinus — Insectes et araignées. Typocerus velutinus, known generally as the banded longhorn or cerambycid beetle, is a species of flower longhorn in the family of beetles known as Cerambycidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/banded-longhorn-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Lepture à bandes pourprées

> Typocerus velutinus — Insectes et araignées. Typocerus velutinus, known generally as the banded longhorn or cerambycid beetle, is a species of flower longhorn in the family of beetles known as Cerambycidae.

- Scientific name: *Typocerus velutinus*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forêt)
- iNaturalist observations: 15303
- Wikidata: [Q15862764](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15862764)
- iNaturalist taxon: [131862](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/131862)

## Names

- en: Banded Longhorn Beetle
- fr: Lepture à bandes pourprées

## Countries with the most observations

US (8556), CA (2512)

## Summary

Typocerus velutinus, known generally as the banded longhorn or cerambycid beetle, is a species of flower longhorn in the family of beetles known as Cerambycidae. It is found in North America. T. velutinus larvae develop within the decaying wood of trees. Commonly cited examples include birch and sumac.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typocerus_velutinus

## Photo

![Lepture à bandes pourprées](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/banded-longhorn-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: askalotl · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/87074451

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/banded-longhorn-beetle?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).