Chlorophorus herbsti (Brahm, 1790)

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: CLYTINI
Chlorophorus herbsti
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Chlorophorus herbsti
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]



Body length:8 - 15 mm
Life cycle:2 - 3 years
Adults in:June - August
Host plant:polyphagous in deciduous trees (Tilia, Fagus, Carpinus, Quercus)
Distribution:Europe


The mounted beetle was reared from a larva collected in a dead hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) trunk in Broumy (Křivoklátsko UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic). The living beetle was reared from a larva collected in a dead lime (Tilia cordata) trunk found in Radotín (Prague, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic).

Collected by M.Hoskovec and Roman Rejzek


Chlorophorus herbsti
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

Chlorophorus herbsti
[Photo © F.Kovařík]

Subfamilia: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Clytini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Chlorophorus Chevrolat, 1863
Species: Chlorophorus herbsti (Brahm, 1790)