Phymatodes (Poecilium) alni (Linnaeus, 1767)

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: CALLIDIOPINI

Phymatodes testaceus
[Photo © Georgi Georgiev]


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


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