Acmaeops marginata

Acmaeops marginata is a species of the Lepturinae subfamily in the longhorn beetle family. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1781 and is known from Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Baltic states, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, China, Mongolia, and Montenegro. Adult beetle feeds on Scots pine, and Norway spruce.

Description
Adults of this species are brown-black in colour and 7 - 11 mm long. They fly from May to June during which months they feed on various Pinus species.

Subtaxa
There are three varieties in species:
 * Acmaeops marginata var. bicoloripes Pic
 * Acmaeops marginata var. immarginata Plavilstshikov
 * Acmaeops marginata var. spadicea Pic, 1904