Image to followAI-generated illustrationStenurella melanura
Stenurella melanura
Family: CerambycidaeGenus: Stenurellanative in Germany
native in Germany
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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37
Plants
visited
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61
Interactions
documented
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1
Host plants
known
About this species
A small, light-coloured longhorn beetle with a body length around 7.5 mm. It has noticeably long antennae and is active during the summer months of June and July.
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Prey / FoodPlant food
Yearly cycle
Adults are active in June and July.
Merkmale
Körper
Body length
1.157 cm
Weight
0.04241 g
Scientific profile
This beetle belongs to the family Cerambycidae. The average body length is 7.5 mm and body mass about 0.04 g. The antennae are longer than the body, measuring 8.2 mm. Elytra length is approximately 6.4 mm, and the head width is 1.7 mm. The overall colour is light, with a colour lightness value of 115.8. The wings have a surface area of 19.8 mm² and a wing loading of 2.14. The pronotum is roughly 1.8 mm long and 1.8 mm wide. The species shows very low sexual dimorphism, with a dimorphism score of 1.0. Adults are known to be active in June and July.
Visited plants
36 plants are visited by this species
Angelica sylvestris subsp. bernardiaeCirsium oleraceumChaerophyllum aureumDaucus carotaPlantago lanceolataTaraxacum officinaleRosa canina var. dumalisAegopodium podagrariaScabiosa columbaria subsp. pratensisLeontodon hispidusHeracleum sphondyliumRanunculus bulbosus subsp. bulbosusPimpinella majorCirsium arvenseKnautia arvensisOnonis spinosa subsp. austriacaCichorium intybusTrifolium repens subsp. repensCarum carviAnthriscus sylvestrisRanunculus acris subsp. friesianusLeucanthemum ircutianumAchillea millefolium var. collinaLeucanthemum vulgarePlantago mediaAchillea ptarmicaTorilis japonicaCornus sanguineaErigeron annuusCarduus nutans subsp. nutansEuphorbia cyparissiasTanacetum vulgareAethusa cynapiumJasione montanaAstrantia major subsp. involucrataPeucedanum oreoselinum
Sources & data origin
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
•Hagge et al. (2021) — Saproxylic Beetle Morphological Trait Database, Dryad, DOI: 10.5061/dryad.2fqz612p3 (CC0 1.0)
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