Phymatodes (Poecilium) alni (Linnaeus, 1767)

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: CALLIDIOPINI

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[Photo © Georgi Georgiev]

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Body length:	3 - 5 mm
Life cycle:	1 - 2 years
Adults in:	April - June
Host plant:	polyphagous in deciduous trees, but prefers oak (Quercus)
Distribution:	Europe, Turkey, Caucaus, Kazakhstan

The depicted beetle was reared from a larva found in a dead twig of Quercus frainetto found near Posat village (SW Bulgaria, Maleshevska Planina Mts.).

Collected by D. Doychev

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Subfamilia: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Callidiini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Phymatodes Mulsant, 1839
Subgenus: Poecilium Fairmaire, 1864
Species: Phymatodes (Poecilium) alni (Linnaeus, 1767)