Leptura (Leptura) aethiops Poda, 1761
[= Strangalia aethiops (Poda, 1761)]

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE  /  Tribus: LEPTURINI

Leptura aethiops
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]




Body length:10 - 15 mm
Life cycle:2 - 3 years
Adults in:May - August
Host plant: polyphagous in deciduous trees (Alnus, Betula etc.)
Distribution:Central and Western Europe


The depicted beetle was collected on a flowering yarrow (Achillea) in Březno near Mladá Boleslav (Central Bohemia, Czech Republic).

Collected by M.Hoskovec


Subfamilia: Lepturinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Lepturini Latreille, 1802
Genus: Leptura Linnaeus, 1758
Subgenus: Leptura Linnaeus, 1758
Species: Leptura aethiops Poda, 1761