Axinopalpis

Axinopalpis

*Axinopalpis* is a small, slender longhorn of deciduous woodlands, parks, and older gardens across southern and central Europe, North Africa, and Turkey. Adults are largely nocturnal, running over twigs and branches after dark and resting motionless on the undersides of small branches by day — making them easy to overlook, though they are readily attracted to light. Larvae develop in thin dead twigs of a notably wide range of broadleaved trees, including walnut, oak, quince, mulberry, elm, cherry, and others. The characteristic hatchet-shaped (securiform) palpomeres that give the genus its common name, "Hatchet-palp Longhorn," are the most distinctive structural feature.

Seasonal activity

Flight season: Summer

Green = active months · Orange = peak

Host plants

Primary hosts: oak

External resources

GBIF · Wikidata · Käfer der Welt

Field tip: On dead wood or under bark. Hosts: Juglans.