Lamprodila festiva (Linnaeus, 1767)
cypress borer, cypress jewel beetle
on Thuja, etc.
larva © Tamás Németh, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest (from Ruicănescu & Stoica)
parasite
Larvae make sinuous, flat galleries below the bark of healthy trees, often causing their death. Exit opening oval, 2-4mm.
host plants
Cupressaceae, oligophagous
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, pisifera; Cupressus; Juniperus communis, oxycedrus, phoenicea, scopulorum, thurifera; Platycladus orientalis; Tetraclinis; Thuja occidentalis, plicata.
References to Tamarix; Ziziphus need further confirmation.
phenology
The development takes two, sometimes three, years. Pupation in the spring, in the sapwood or in thick bark.
distribution within Europe
synonyms
Ovalisia, Poecilonota, festiva.
notes
Originally mediterranean, expanding species, problematic for ornamental conifers.
references
Bunescu & Florian (2019a), Colijn, Heijerman & Teunissen (201a), Panin, Săvulecu & Ruicănescu (2015a), Ruicănescu & Stoica (2019a), Schmidt, Diószegi, Szabó & Hrotkó (2014a), Verdugo Páez (2002a), Zabransky (1991a).