Desmocerus aureipennis Classification Family Cerambycidae > Subfamily Lepturinae > Tribe Desmocerini > Genus Desmocerus Diagnostic Features of Larvae Larva. Separable from Desmocerus aureipennis piperi only by the more slender hairs on head and body, the less distinctly tuberculate ampullae, and the smaller spiracles, which are scarcely chitinous rimmed. Pupa. The pupa is much smaller than that of Desmocerus palliatus; the hairs on the pronotum are more slender, and there is an additional group of the posterior margin; and each spine on the abdominal terga ends in an attenuate hair. Adapted from Craighead (1923). Biology and Economic Importance Members of this tribe are known from elderberry (Sambucus). Selected References to Larvae Specimens Craighead, 1923