Grammoptera ustulata

Grammoptera ustulata is a species of beetle in family Cerambycidae. It is found in the Palearctic [2] (Europe, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Turkey[3] )

Grammoptera ustulata
Grammoptera ustulata no. 13
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Cerambycidae
Genus:
Grammoptera
Species:
G. ustulata
Binomial name
Grammoptera ustulata
(Schaller, 1783)[1]

It is a small longicorn 5 – 9 mm.long. Adults are found feeding at Crataegus and other flowers in Spring and Summer. The larvae develop in fungi infested (especially Vuilleminia comedens branches of deciduous trees .

References
  1. Schaller, J.G., 1783 Neue Insekten. Abhandlungen der Hallischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 1: 217-332, Tab. I [= 1]. Dessau, Leipzig.
  2. Joy, N 1932 A Practical Handbook of British Beetles
  3. Fauna Europaea


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