Pachytodes cerambyciformis

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Speckled longhorn beetle

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Korte smalboktor
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Franz von Paula Schrank –
1781

Body length : 7-11mm.

Host plant : Polyphagous.

Found in open forests, sunny woodland edges, flower-rich clearings and hilly to mountainous woodland habitats.

Adults are commonly found on flowers, especially umbellifers, where they feed on pollen and nectar.

The larvae develop in decaying roots and root collars of various deciduous and coniferous trees, such as Abies sp., Alnus sp., Betula sp., Fagus sp., Pinus sp., Quercus sp., …