Lamprodila festiva (Linnaeus, 1767)
cypress borer, cypress jewel beetle
on Chamaecyparis, etc.
Chamaecyparis, exit holes and galleries © Tatjana Kereši.
(from Kereši, 2020).
larva © Tamás Németh (from Ruicănescu & Stoica)
parasite
Larvae bore under the bark.
host plants
Cupressaceae, oligophagous
Callitris; Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, pisifera; Cupressus dupreziana subsp. atlantica, sempervirens; Juniperus chinensis, communis, oxycedrus, phoenicea, scopulorum, thurifera; Platycladus orientalis; Tetraclinis articulata; Thuja occidentalis, plicata.
References to Tamarix; Ziziphus lotus. need further confirmation.
distribution within Europe
larva
see Volkovitsh ao.
synonyms
Ovalisia, Palmar, Poecilonota, festiva; Palmar holzschuhi Hellrigl 1972.
notes
A serious pest, mainly on ornamental conifers, that is fast expanding. Infested trees are killed within several years.
references
Arnáiz Ruiz & Bercedo Páramo (2005b), Bilý (2002a), Bunescu & Florian (2019a), Colijn, Heijerman & Teunissen (201a), Hellrigl (1792a), Jendek, Poláková, Szopa & Kodada (2018a), Kereši (2020a), Khachikov, Kazeev & Poushkova (2023a), Królik, Zawadzki & Mazur (2023a), López-Pérez (2016a), Luna (2013a), Molina Molina (2019a), Monreal Montoya, Sánchez Pérez & Claramunt González (2005a), Murria Beltrán & Murria Beltrán (2005a), Niehuis, Fölling & Reifenrath (2015a), Nitzu, Dobrin, Dumbravă & Gutue (2016a), Rabl, Rabl & Rabl (2017a), Ruicănescu & Stoica (2019a), Ruseva, Todorov & Pencheva (2020a), Sakalian, Ljubomirov, Migliaccio, ao (2022a), Schmidt, Diószegi, Szabó & Hrotkó (2014a), Verdugo (2005a), Verdugo Páez (2000a), Volkovitsh, Zykov, Karpun, ao (2019a).