Sinoxylon anale Lesne, 1897

false powder-post beetle

Greece, Lefkas, Katouna, 19.vi.2022 © Laurens van der Linde

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parasite

Larvae bore in dead wood, mainly construction wood, packing material etc, but also sometimes reported from ‘living twigs of trees;.

host plants

Fabaceae, oligophagous

Albizia procera.

References to dead wood apply to very different families; but references to living branches (outside Europa) all applied to Fabaceae.

distribution within Europe

cosmopolite.

references

Lykidis, Nardi & Petrakis (2016a).