Stictoleptura scutellata

Stictoleptura scutellata (Fabricius, 1781)
[= Leptura scutellata Fabricius, 1781]

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE / Tribus: LEPTURINI

eggs laying female of Stictoleptura scutellata
Photo © M.Hoskovec

Body length: 12 - 20 mm

Life cycle: 2 - 3 years

Adults in: June - September

Host plant: polyphagous in deciduous trees (Fagus, Carpinus, Alnus, Populus etc.)

Distribution: Europe except North, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, North Iran

The mounted beetles were reared from larvae found in a dead rotten standing trunk of white poplar (Populus alba). The larvae were collected in Břeclav - Pohansko (South Moravia, Czech Republic).

The female ovipositing into a beech trunk (Fagus sylvatica) was photographed near Zbečno village (Central Bohemia, Czech Republic) and the other females were observed in Vihorlat Mts. (Slovak Republic).

Collected by M.Hoskovec.

Stictoleptura scutellata - couple