Neoclytus acuminatus (Fabricius, 1775)

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: CLYTINI

Neoclytus acuminatus - female
Photo © M.Hoskovec


Neoclytus acuminatus - male
Photo © M.Hoskovec

This interesting and elegant Cerambycid species has been introduced to Europe (northern Adriatic) from North America in the last century and is spreading now.

Body length:7 - 15 mm
Life cycle:1 - 2 years
Adults in:April - August
Host plant:polyphagous on a broad variety of deciduous trees
Distribution:Italy, South France, Croatia, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary

The depicted beetles were reared from larvae found in a dead trunk of lotusberry (Celtis australis). The trunk was collected in Šušnjevica (15 km east of Pazin, Istra peninsula, Croatia).

Collected by M.Hoskovec.


Neoclytus acuminatus - male


Neoclytus acuminatus - couple


Neoclytus acuminatus - female
Photo © M.Hoskovec



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