Diet

• Adults: Adults are associated with woody vegetation, although specific adult feeding behaviour is poorly documented.

• Larvae: Wood-boring, developing within branches and stems of woody plants, where they feed beneath the bark and through the wood.

• The precise host plants of T. puncticollis have not been sufficiently documented to identify a particular tree as its primary host.

Range

• Tylosis puncticollis is a longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae) in the subfamily Lamiinae.

• It is occasionally sighted in Zihua. Guerrero records and the species' association with Mexican tropical dry-forest habitats make it a plausible local species.

Habitat

• Associated with tropical dry forest, tropical deciduous forest, woodland, forest edges and areas containing dead or weakened woody vegetation.

• Adults may be found on tree trunks, branches and foliage, where their subdued coloration provides camouflage.

• Around Zihua, look particularly at dead or recently weakened branches and tree trunks, especially during the warmer and wetter months.

• The species may also be encountered through night-time collecting or light trapping.

Size

• Adult length: approximately 10–20 mm (0.4–0.8 in).

• Body elongated and fairly robust, with the long antennae characteristic of Lamiinae.

• Generally brownish or greyish, with mottled or subdued markings that help it blend with bark.

• The pronotum is distinctly punctured, reflected in the species name puncticollis, meaning approximately “punctured-necked.”