Coptops
African Coptops
LamiinaeMesosini
Body length
8–20 mm
Activity
Diurnal
Flight season
Summer–Autumn
Overwinters as
larva
Larva type
MRTVE_TV
Biotope
forest-saproxylic
Overview
Coptops
*Coptops* Audinet-Serville, 1835 is a genus of robust, medium-sized longhorn beetles (8–20 mm) belonging to the tribe Lamiinae, primarily of tropical African distribution but reaching marginally into the Palaearctic. Adults are characteristically clothed in dense, cryptic pubescence that renders them difficult to detect against bark. Larvae develop in dead and dying wood of Ficus and Artocarpus (Moraceae), progressing from subcortical galleries into sapwood over one to three years. With five Palaearctic species, the genus represents an Afrotropical element at the northern edge of its range.
Seasonal activity
Flight season: Summer–Autumn
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Green = active months · Orange = peak
Host plants
Primary hosts: wood
FicusArtocarpus
⚑ Conservation note: none