Plagionotus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

• Leptura arcuata Linné, 1758 = Callidium arcuatum Fabricius, 1775 = Callidium detritus Voet, 1778 (nec Linné, 1758) = Callidium lunatum Fabricius, 1781 = Clytus arcuatus Laicharting, 1784 (Illiger, 1805 ; Blanchard, 1845: 172) = Cerambyx lunatus Gmelin, 1789 = Cerambyx arcuatus Gmelin, 1789 = Clytus salicis Schrank, 1798 = Platynotus arcuatus Mulsant, 1839 = Plagyonotus reichei Thomson, 1860 = Plagionotus arcuatus Mulsant, 1862 (Bijiaoui, 1986 ; Bense, 1995 ; Sama, 2002 ; Sama et al., 2005 ; Rapuzzi & Sama, 2006 ; Sláma, 2006 ; Leraut, 2007 ; Berger, 2008 ; Allemand et al., 2009 ; Sama et al., 2011: 827) = Plagionotus arcuatus m. colbeaui Mors, 1863 = Plagionotus arcuatus m. interruptus Mors, 1863 = Plagionotus arcuatus m. connatus Mors, 1863 = Plagionotus detritus m. rufescens Pic, 1891 [194].

Distribution

• Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Portugal, Northern Spain, France, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Austria, Denmark, southern Sweden, southern Norway, Southern Finland, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia Serbia, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Western Russia, Turkey, Syria, Iran [189].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

• Body length 15-20 mm [61].

General info about Imago

• Its main color is black with clear transverse yellowish narrow stripes. The legs and antennae are yellow. Pronotum is convex, black, slightly arched, has yellow pubescence on the anterior and posterior edges, the transverse yellow line is interrupted in the middle. The elytra are rounded at the end, their outer end is rounded, covered with short and thick brown or black hairs, the beetle has yellow spots on the suture behind the scutellum, and three yellow stripes at the end: the first one is short and located in front of the middle, the second one is behind the middle, and the third one is lower. The pattern on the elytra is very variable. [61].

Imago lifespan

• May-Jun [61].

Larva food plants / other food objects

• Primarily oak and other solid wood (hornbeam, beech) [61].

Pupa

• The pupa is white, free, about 20 mm long. On the head are densely arranged hooked spines. [61].

Overwintering stage

• Grub [61].

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