Saperda octopunctata (Scopoli, 1772)

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: SAPERDINI

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[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

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Body length:	11 - 21 mm
Life cycle:	1 - 3 years
Adults in:	May - July
Host plant:	reported as a polyphagous species in deciduous trees, but in central Europe prefers strongly lime (Tilia)
Distribution:	Europe except North, Russia, Crimea

The living beetles were reared from larvae collected in a dead lime (Tilia) trunk in Kohoutov Mt. (Křivoklátsko UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Central Bohemia, Czechia). The mounted beetles were reared from larvae found under bark of a dead lime trunk (Tilia) in Břeclav (South Moravia, Czechia).

Collected by M.Hoskovec

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[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

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[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

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Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Saperdini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Saperda Fabricius, 1775
Subgenus: Saperda octopunctata (Scopoli, 1772)