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Lesser pine borer

Acanthocinus nodosus (Fabricius, 1775)

Status not recordedbeetles

The lesser pine borer (Acanthocinus nodosus) is a species in the family Cerambycidae, order Coleoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: United States.

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Quick facts about the lesser pine borer

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the lesser pine borer live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The lesser pine borer is listed for 1 country.

United States of America
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. United States

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the lesser pine borer endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the lesser pine borer classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCerambycidae
  6. genusAcanthocinus
  7. SpeciesAcanthocinus nodosus (Fabricius, 1775)

Synonyms Acanthocinus bifidator, Acanthocinus laticollis, Acanthocinus nodosus, Acanthocinus nodusus, Aedilis bifidator, Aedilis nodosus, Astynomus nodora, Astynomus nodosus, Cerambix nodosus, Cerambyx nodosus, Ceramryx nodosus, Graphisurus laticollis, Graphisurus nodosus, Lamia bi-fidator, Lamia bifidator, Lamia nodosa, Neacanthocinus nodosus, Tylocerina nodosa, Tylocerina nodosus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the lesser pine borer

Other species in the same genus Acanthocinus.

Timberman

Acanthocinus aedilis

CerambycidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the lesser pine borer live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the lesser pine borer for 1 country: United States. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the lesser pine borer?

The lesser pine borer (Acanthocinus nodosus) belongs to the family Cerambycidae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{lesser_pine_borer_2026,
  title = {Lesser pine borer (Acanthocinus nodosus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/lesser-pine-borer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}