Nothorhina punctata

Nothorhina punctata
Nothorhina punctata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Nothorhina
Species:
N. punctata
Binomial name
Nothorhina punctata
(Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms
  • Callidium punctatum Fabricius, 1798
  • Callidium muricatum Dalman, 1817
  • Callidium scabricolle Redtenbacher, 1842
  • Nothorhina muricata (Dalman, 1817)

Nothorhina punctata is a wood-boring species of beetle belonging to the family Cerambycidae. Due to an erroneous interpretation of the historical literature, this species incorrectly appears under the name Nothorhina muricata in many sources.

This species is native to Europe and other areas where its preferred host plant (Pinus sylvestris) occurs, but has been reported in other countries, such as Japan and South Korea.