Spondylis buprestoides

Appearance

Adults are 10-25 mm long. The body is solid, slightly shiny black. The head is wide. Antennae are short. Elytrae are with 2 parallel ridges. The egg is white, elongated, 1.9 mm long. The larva is white, up to 35 mm long, with legs. At the end of 9th segment has characteristic spines (urogomphi) that are widely separated. The pupa is yellowish, up to 24 mm long.

Distribution

It is a common species in Eurasia, except the most northern parts and the United Kingdom. It occurs also in Siberia, Korea, Mongolia, Japan, the north-eastern China and Sakhalin Island.

Food

Conifers, mainly the Scots pine, other pines and sporadically the Norway spruce, larch and fir.