Acmaeodera cisti

Spain, Gran Canaria, Santa Lucía de Tirajana 13-02-2024
© Johan Verstraeten
Laden...
Thomas Vernon Wollaston –
1862

Body length : 5,5-7mm.

Host plant : Polyphagous.

The beetles are found on various woody plants.  Adenocarpus sp., Cytisus sp., Ficus sp., Rumex lunaria, …

The larvae are wood-boring larvae.  They live under the bark, feeding mainly in the cambium and outer sapwood.