Body length : 6-12mm.
Host plant : Pinaceae.
Found in coniferous forests, forest edges, clearings and timber storage sites with recently dead conifers.
The larvae develop under the bark and in the wood of dead, dying or weakened conifers.
Mainly on Picea sp. but also on Abies sp., Cupressus sp., Larix sp., Pinus sp. and Pseudotsuga menziesii.