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title: "Four-banded longhorn beetle"
description: "Leptura quadrifasciata — Insetti e ragni. Leptura quadrifasciata, the four-banded longhorn beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/four-banded-longhorn-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Four-banded longhorn beetle

> Leptura quadrifasciata — Insetti e ragni. Leptura quadrifasciata, the four-banded longhorn beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.

- Scientific name: *Leptura quadrifasciata*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 12541
- Wikidata: [Q1931505](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1931505)
- iNaturalist taxon: [325731](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/325731)

## Names

- en: Four-banded longhorn beetle
- de: Vierbindiger Schmalbock
- fr: Lepture à quatre bandes
- pl: Baldurek pręgowany

## Countries with the most observations

RU (2501), FI (1770), DE (1671), PL (1057), DK (969), GB (915), SE (630), NL (420), CZ (382), LT (360), AT (276), UA (275)

## Summary

Leptura quadrifasciata, the four-banded longhorn beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.
Adult beetles are 11–20 mm long, black with four more or less continuous transverse yellow bands. In extreme cases the elytra may be almost entirely black. It is found throughout the northern and central Palearctic realm. The species is distributed in northern and central regions of Europe and Asia. It is particularly common in Scandinavia, Finland and Great Britain and is typically seen during the summer months. Larvae make…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptura_quadrifasciata

## Photo

![Four-banded longhorn beetle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/four-banded-longhorn-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Chadwick · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/222443108

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/four-banded-longhorn-beetle?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).