Xylotrechus capricornus (Gebler, 1830)
[= Xylotrechus capricornis (Gebler, 1830)]

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: CLYTINI
Xylotrechus capricornus
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Xylotrechus capricornus
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]




Body length:8 - 14 mm
Life cycle:2 years
Adults in:June - July
Host plant:birch (Betula spp.)
Distribution:Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan


The depicted beetles were reared from dead wood of a birch (Betula verrucosa) collected in Dobrá Niva (Zvolen district, Central Slovakia).

Collected by M.Hoskovec and R.Rejzek


Xylotrechus capricornus
[Photo © F.Kovařík]

Subfamilia: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Clytini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Xylotrechus Chevrolat, 1860
Species: Xylotrechus capricornus (Gebler, 1830)