Leiopus

Leiopus

*Leiopus* Audinet-Serville, 1835 — the "Mottled Longhorn" — is a small to medium-sized longhorn (5–12 mm) whose intricately patterned, grey-brown pubescence renders it nearly invisible against bark, earning it an elegant camouflage among dead and dying deciduous wood. With 12 species across the West Palaearctic and 4 recorded from Europe, the genus is deceptively diverse: several members form cryptic species complexes distinguishable only by genitalic characters, as in the well-known *L. nebulosus*/*linnei* group. Larvae develop subcortically in thin to stout branches of a broad range of broadleaved trees and shrubs — from *Quercus* and *Carpinus* to *Salix*, *Betula*, and fruit trees — pref…

Seasonal activity

Flight season: Summer–Autumn

Green = active months · Orange = peak

Host plants

Primary hosts: oak pine poplar

External resources

GBIF · Wikidata · Käfer der Welt

Field tip: Small, cryptic on bark. L. nebulosus/linnei — cryptic species distinguishable only by genitalia!