Platypus cylindrus Fabricius, 1792
oak pinhole borer
on broadleaved trees
parasite
Larvae and imagines bore 1-2 mm wide tunnels in the sapwood and hardwood, especially of weakened or felled trees. Symbiotic fungi colour the wood dark.
host plants
polyphagous
Alnus; Castanea sativa; Fagus sylvatica; Fraxinus excelsior; Juglans regia; Quercus robur, suber; Ulmus laevis, minor.
phenology
Development takes two years,
distribution within Europe
references
Ferreira & Ferreira (1889a), Gatti (2011a), Nikulina, Mandelshtam, Petrov, ao (2015a), Schedl (1980a), de Sousa & Lurdes Inácio (2005a).