Tetropium castaneum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Subfamilia: SPONDYLIDINAE  /  Tribus: ASEMINI

Tetropium castaneum
Photo © M.Hoskovec


Tetropium castaneum
Photo © M.Hoskovec

Body length:10 - 18 mm
Life cycle:1 - 2 years
Adults in:May - August
Host plant:coniferous trees (Picea, Pinus, Abies)
Distribution:Europe, Crimea, Russia

The depicted beetles were collected and photographed on a felled Norway spruce (Picea abies) in Zbraslav (Prague, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic).

Collected by M.Hoskovec.



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