Saperda punctata

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Saperda punctata
Saperda punctata, male.jpg
S. punctata male
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Saperda
Species:
S. punctata
Binomial name
Saperda punctata
Synonyms
  • Cerambyx punctatusLinnaeus, 1767
  • Lopezcolonia punctata(Linnaeus) Alonso-Zarazaga, 1998
S. punctata female Cerambycidae - Saperda punctata.JPG
S. punctata female

Saperda punctata is a beetle species of flat-faced longhorns belonging to the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Lamiinae.

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Distribution

This beetle is widespread in most of Europe (Albania, Austria, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine) and in the Near East. [1] [2] In Central Europe is a protected species, as in a vulnerable position owing to dying out of old elm trees Ulmus species), suffering from an elm disease (Tracheomycosis).

Description

Saperda punctata - Frontal view Cerambycidae - Saperda punctata-2.JPG
Saperda punctata – Frontal view

Saperda punctata can reach a length of 11–18 millimetres (0.43–0.71 in). The head, pronotum and elytra are greenish, with four black spots on pronotum and six black spots on each elytron.

This species is rather similar to Saperda octopunctata . [1]

Biology

It is a nocturnal species. The adults can be encountered from May through August, completing their life cycle in one to two years. Larvae are wintering.

Larvae mainly feed under bark in dead trunks or large branches of elm ( Ulmus species), but also of other deciduous trees such as oak and willow ( Quercus and Salix species).

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