Four-striped lepture [1] ( Leptura quadrifasciata ) is a species of beetle insects from the subfamily of the barbel ( Lepturinae ) within the barbel family ( Cerambycidae ). Distributed in the Palearctic — from Spain to Japan [2] . The length of the imago is 10–18 mm [3] . The larvae develop in deciduous and coniferous trees, including common spruce , common hazel , birch , European beech , aspen [2] . Pupation occurs in wood [2] . Imago is visited by flowers [2] . Helcon ruspator is a parasite of the larvae of this species of leptur [4] .
| Four-strip leptura |
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| Scientific classification |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetric |
| Hoard : | Insects with full transformation |
| Suborder : | Polyphagous beetles |
| Infrastructure : | Kukuiiformnye |
| Superfamily : | Chrysomeloid |
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| International Scientific Name |
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Leptura quadrifasciata Linnaeus , 1758 |
| Synonyms |
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- Leptura apicalis Curtis, 1831
- Leptura apicata Stephens, 1839
- Leptura calcarata Panzer, 1798 nec Olivier, 1790
- Leptura octomaculata DeGeer, 1775
- Strangalia quadrifasciata (Linnaeus) Mulsant, 1863
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| Subspecies and varieties |
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- Leptura quadrifasciata caucasica Plavilstshikov, 1924
- Leptura quadrifasciata quadrifasciata Linnaeus, 1758
- Leptura quadrifasciata quadrifasciata var. divisa Plavilstshikov
- Leptura quadrifasciata quadrifasciata var. sexpustulata Plavilstshikov
- Leptura quadrifasciata quadrifasciata var. tixieri pic
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