- Chlorophorus sartor
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Chlorophorus sartor 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Cerambycidae Genus: Chlorophorus Species: C. sartor Binomial name Chlorophorus sartor
(O.F. Müller, 1766)Synonyms - Cerambyx sartor (O.F. Müller, 1766)
- Chlorophorus massiliensis (Linnaeus)
- Leptura achilleae (Brahm, 1790)
- Leptura massiliensis (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Leptura sartor (Müller, Plavilstshikov, 1940)
Chlorophorus sartor is a species of round-necked longhorns belonging to the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Cerambycinae.
C. sartor – mating pair
This widespread and common beetle is present in most Europe, in East Palearctic ecozone and in the Near East.
The adults grow up to 7 - 10 mm and can be encountered from May through July, completing their life cycle in two year. The imagos fly the second year.
Head, pronotum and elytra are black or brownish and the elytrae show three light stripes and dots.
They are polyphagous in deciduous trees. Larvae mainly feed on Fagus sylvatica, Castanea sativa, Quercus pubescens, Ficus carica, Quercus ilex, but also on Ulmus and Crataegus species, Daucus carota, etc.. The adults can be easily encountered on Apiaceae species.
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