''Saperda punctata'' is a beetle species of ''flat-faced longhorns'' belonging to the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Lamiinae.

Distribution

This beetle is widespread in most of Europe ( Albania, Austria,

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/ref> In Central Europe is a protected species, as in a vulnerable position owing to dying out of old elm trees '' Ulmus'' species), suffering from an elm disease (''Tracheomycosis'').

Description

''Saperda punctata'' can reach a length of . The head, pronotum and elytra are greenish, with four black spots on pronotum and six black spots on each elytron. This species is rather similar to ''

Saperda octopunctata ''Saperda octopunctata'' is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the type species of its genus. It was described by Scopoli in 1772, originally under the genus ''Leptura ''Leptura'' is a genus of beetles in the family Ceramby ...

''.

Biology

It is a nocturnal species. The adults can be encountered from May through August, completing their life cycle in one to two years. Larvae are wintering. Larvae mainly feed under bark in dead trunks or large branches of '' elm'' ('' Ulmus'' species), but also of other deciduous trees such as '' oak'' and '' willow'' (''Quercus'' and ''Salix'' species).

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Cerambycoidea

Saperda, punctata Beetles of Europe Beetles described in 1767 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Saperdini-stub