Crustacea: Copepoda - Cerambycoidea.com

Pogonocherus hispidus (Linnaeus)* - Develops in thin dead branches of a variety of broadleaved
trees; especially in old hedgerows.
Leiopus nebulosus (Linnaeus)* - Larvae bore beneath bark of dead lower branches of oak
Quercus, also reported from a wide variety of other trees; larvae feed in cambial layer.
Acanthocinus aedilis (Linnaeus) – The Timberman. Nationally Scarce B. Infests recently
dead pines Pinus, larvae developing beneath bark of trunks and branches and appear
to take 2 years to develop; pupates in cell within bark or beneath; Scottish Highlands,
in old long-established pine woods.
Saperda carcharias (Linnaeus) - Nationally Scarce A. Mainly aspen Populus tremula, also
willows Salix, in damp woodland; female lays eggs near base of young trees into
gnawed pits.
Saperda populnea (Linnaeus) - Lesser Poplar Longhorn. Egg in soft layer of wood under
bark of young branch, forming a characteristic gall in which the larva develops over 2
years; mainly aspen Populus tremula, but also Salix, other Populus spp and hazel
Corylus.
Saperda scalaris (Linnaeus) - Nationally Scarce A. Larvae develop in dead wood, feeding
in sapwood; from birch Betula, oak Quercus, sweet chestnut Castanea, beech Fagus
and alder Alnus; larval development takes 2 years; pupation within bark or in cell in
sapwood; adults feed on leaves, gnawing ragged holes along the veins.
Oberea oculata (Linnaeus) - RDB1 & BAP Priority Species. Eggs laid on smooth bark of
twigs and slender stems of living healthy Salix and larva bores a straight gallery,
30cm plus in length, in pith channel, or sapwood in wider stems; ejected frass clinging
to twigs shows larval presence; adults rest on upper branches, flying actively in
sunshine.
Stenostola dubia (Laicharting) - Nationally Scarce B. The larvae bore and pupate in the dead
branches & twigs of various broad-leaved trees, preferring freshly dead ones and not
more than 25mm diameter; usually branches lying on ground. Native lime, especially
Tilia cordata, seems to be key factor in its presence or absence at a particular site in
the western parts of its distribution range, although it will develop in hybrid lime Tilia
vulgaris; also recorded from alder Alnus, elm Ulmus, hazel Corylus, oak Quercus,
rowan and whitebeam Sorbus spp, and Salix branches. The larva feeds initially in the
cambial layer, later boring in sapwood; adult feeds on leaves, perforating each leaf,
and is a sun-loving insect, basking on the leaves of its tree hosts. Widespread in
England and Welsh Borders, but most frequent in band of country from Cotswolds to
North York Moors; appears to be confined to ancient woods and wood pastures.
Tetrops praeusta (Linnaeus)* - Probably develops in dead branches; in old hedgerows, fruit
trees, etc.
Tetrops starkii Chevrolat – RDBK. From oak Quercus in Oxfordshire, 1991; also on ash
Fraxinus in Europe. Develops in decaying or recently dead twigs, adults feeding on
the leaves.
Chrysomelidae
Cryptocephalus querceti Suffrian - RDB2. Associated with ancient oaks Quercus inhabited
by brown tree ant Lasius brunneus, larvae possibly myrmecophilous; favours open
parkland to far greater extent than closed woodland.
Anthribidae - Fungus Weevils
Platyrhinus resinosus (Scopoli) - Nationally Scarce B. Larvae develop in the fungus
Daldinia concentrica, which usually grows on ash Fraxinus, and Hypoxylon
fragiforme on beech Fagus; frequent along Jurassic Limestone belt of central
England; also on Exmoor, SE England and widely in Yorkshire. Also birches Betula
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