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title: "Red Pine Longhorn Beetle"
description: "Stictoleptura rubra — Insetti e ragni. Stictoleptura rubra, the red-brown longhorn beetle, is a species of beetle belonging to the family Cerambycidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/red-pine-longhorn-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red Pine Longhorn Beetle

> Stictoleptura rubra — Insetti e ragni. Stictoleptura rubra, the red-brown longhorn beetle, is a species of beetle belonging to the family Cerambycidae.

- Scientific name: *Stictoleptura rubra*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 26677
- Wikidata: [Q1928502](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1928502)
- iNaturalist taxon: [53258](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53258)

## Names

- en: Red Pine Longhorn Beetle
- de: Rothalsbock
- fr: Lepture rouge
- nl: Gewone smalboktor
- pl: Zmorsznik czerwony

## Countries with the most observations

DE (5754), DK (2940), RU (2188), AT (2185), PL (1811), CZ (1651), FI (1640), FR (1461), SE (1174), IT (713), CH (696), LT (556)

## Summary

Stictoleptura rubra, the red-brown longhorn beetle, is a species of beetle belonging to the family Cerambycidae. They visit flowering plants for nectar and pollen, while larvae develop and feed within dead wood and tree stumps of coniferous trees (Picea, Pinus, Abies, Larix). They have yeasts in their gut, enabling them to digest cellulose.

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

## Photo

![Red Pine Longhorn Beetle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-pine-longhorn-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Romain Sabroux · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/130096938

## Machine access

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