Neobellamira Swaine & Hopping, 1928

Neobellamira Swaine & Hopping, 1928:15
     delicata delicata (LeConte, 1874:68)

Neobellamira is a monotypic genus consisting of N. delicata, which has two allopatric subspecies on the west coast of North America. N. delicata delicata (LeConte, 1857) ranges from Western Oregon south to San Luis Obisto County, California, and from Mt. Shasta along the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. N. delicata australis Linsley and Chemsak, 1976, is restricted to the mountains of Southern California. 

Diagnosis. The greatly constricted elytra and bell-shaped pronotum of this genus make it unmistakable among the Pacific Northwestern lepturine fauna. 

Biology 
The host plants for N. delicata delicata were reported by Linsley and Chemsak (1972) to be Juglans regia and J. californica. The same authors also report that adults are apparently attracted to codling moth baits.  

Type Specimen Photos
Photos of type specimens have been made available at Larry Bezark's Photographic Catalogue to the World Cerambycidae. 

References

1. LeConte, J. L. 1874. Descriptions of new Coleoptera chiefly from the Pacific slope of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 5:43-72. <Link to Biodiversity Heritage Library> <PDF>
2. Linsley, E.G. and J.A. Chemsak. 1976. Cerambycidae of North America. Part VI, No.2. Taxonomy and Classification of the Subfamily Lepturinae. University of California Publications in Entomology 80, 186 pp.
3. Swaine, J. M. & R. Hopping. 1928. The Lepturini of America North of Mexico. Part I. Bull. Nat. Mus. Canada, (Biol. Serv.) (14)52:1-97, 13 pls.