CerambycidaeLamiinaeSaperdiniGlenea

Glenea

Eastern Glenea
LamiinaeSaperdini
Body length
8–20 mm
Activity
Diurnal
Flight season
Summer–Autumn
Overwinters as
larva
Larva type
MRTVE_TV
Biotope
forest-saproxylic
Overview

Glenea

*Glenea* Newman, 1842 is a small to medium-sized longhorn beetle, 8–20 mm in length, recognised by its robust, cylindrical body clothed in dense, cryptic pubescence and distinctive pale longitudinal stripes. The genus is centred on Southeast Asia and South China, with seven species recorded from the European Palaearctic and eight from the broader Palaearctic region. Adults are active from May to August, visiting host plants in the families Moraceae and Malvaceae, while larvae develop subcortically and into the wood of dead or dying trees over one to three years. The common name Eastern Glenea reflects the genus's fundamentally Oriental distribution, with only a marginal extension into the we…

Seasonal activity

Flight season: Summer–Autumn

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Green = active months · Orange = peak

Host plants

Primary hosts: wood

FicusHibiscus
⚑ Conservation note: pest — G. cantor EPPO datasheet; Morus/Ficus; SE Asia

External resources

GBIF · Käfer der Welt

Field tip: On host plants or under bark. Hosts: Ficus.