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Acanthocinus griseus

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Acanthocinus griseus is a species in the family Cerambycidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 8.97 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 37 countries, including Albania, Armenia and Austria.

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Quick facts about Acanthocinus griseus

Weight
Not recorded
Length
8.97 mm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
37 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is Acanthocinus griseus?

ACANTHOCINUS GRISEUS · LENGTH 8.97 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 8.97 mm, the recorded maximum length of the acanthocinus griseus is about 0.5% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Acanthocinus griseus live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Acanthocinus griseus is listed for 37 countries.

RussiaNorwayFranceSierra LeoneLebanonSouth KoreaMongoliaSyriaArmeniaSwedenUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryMoldovaRomaniaLithuaniaEstoniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceTurkeyAlbaniaCroatiaSwitzerlandLuxembourgBelgiumPortugalSpainChinaItalyFinlandSlovakiaCyprusBosnia and Herz.Macedonia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Albania
  2. Armenia
  3. Austria
  4. Belgium
  5. Bosnia & Herzegovina
  6. Bulgaria
  7. China
  8. Croatia
  9. Cyprus
  10. Estonia
  11. Finland
  12. France
  13. Germany
  14. Greece
  15. Hungary
  16. Italy
  17. Lebanon
  18. Liechtenstein
  19. Lithuania
  20. Luxembourg
  21. Moldova
  22. Mongolia
  23. North Macedonia
  24. Norway
  25. Poland
  26. Portugal
  27. Romania
  28. Russia
  29. Sierra Leone
  30. Slovakia
  31. South Korea
  32. Spain
  33. Sweden
  34. Switzerland
  35. Syria
  36. Türkiye
  37. Ukraine

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Acanthocinus griseus as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Denmark
  2. Sweden

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Acanthocinus griseus endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Acanthocinus griseus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCerambycidae
  6. genusAcanthocinus
  7. SpeciesAcanthocinus griseus (Fabricius, 1793)

Synonyms Acanthocinus griseus, Acanthocinus griseus griseus, Acanthocinus griseus novaki, Acanthocinus griseus obscurus, Acanthocinus griseus var. alpinus, Acanthocinus griseus var. obscurus, Aedilis grisea, Astynomus alpinus, Astynomus griseus, Cerambyx griseus, Cerambyx nebulosus, Lamia grisea, Oedilis grisea

Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • Braunbindiger ZimmerbockGerman
  • pikkujaakkoFinnish
  • GreffierFrench
  • szürke daliáscincérHungarian
  • 곤봉수염하늘소Korean
  • Mažasis pušiagraužisLithuanian
  • Kleine timmerboktorDutch
  • Tycz mniejszyPolish
  • Малый серый длинноусый усачRussian
  • liten timmermanSwedish
  • Прутивус сірийUkrainian
  • mindre timmermanSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Acanthocinus griseus

Other species in the same genus Acanthocinus.

Timberman

Acanthocinus aedilis

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is Acanthocinus griseus?

An adult Acanthocinus griseus measures 8.97 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does Acanthocinus griseus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Acanthocinus griseus for 37 countries, including Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium and Bosnia & Herzegovina. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is Acanthocinus griseus an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Acanthocinus griseus as introduced in 2 countries: Denmark and Sweden, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Acanthocinus griseus?

Acanthocinus griseus (Acanthocinus griseus) belongs to the family Cerambycidae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Acanthocinus griseus (Acanthocinus griseus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/acanthocinus-griseus

MLA

“Acanthocinus griseus (Acanthocinus griseus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/acanthocinus-griseus.

BibTeX
@misc{acanthocinus_griseus_2026,
  title = {Acanthocinus griseus (Acanthocinus griseus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/acanthocinus-griseus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}