Neoclytus acuminatus acuminatus Fabricius, 1775

family CERAMBYCIDAE Latreille, 1802
subfamily Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
tribe Clytini Mulsant, 1839
genus Neoclytus J. Thomson, 1860
acuminatus acuminatus Fabricius, 1775

Neoclytus acuminatus acuminatus Fabricius, 1775

Distribution:
Ei: CR FR HU IT SK SL SZ YU NAR NTRi

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).