Saperda octopunctata (Scopoli, 1772)
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: SAPERDINI
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: SAPERDINI

[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
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

[Photo © M.Hoskovec]





[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Saperdini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Saperda Fabricius, 1775
Subgenus: Saperda octopunctata (Scopoli, 1772)