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Pine sawyer beetle

Monochamus sutor (Linné, 1758)

Status not recordedbeetles

The pine sawyer beetle (Monochamus sutor) is a species in the family Cerambycidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 2.07 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 27 countries, including Albania, Austria and Bosnia & Herzegovina.

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Quick facts about the pine sawyer beetle

Weight
Not recorded
Length
2.07 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
27 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is the pine sawyer beetle?

PINE SAWYER BEETLE · LENGTH 2.07 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 2.07 cm, the recorded maximum length of the pine sawyer beetle is about 1.2% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the pine sawyer beetle 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.

The pine sawyer beetle is listed for 27 countries.

RussiaNorwayFranceSierra LeoneSouth KoreaMongoliaSwedenUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryRomaniaLithuaniaEstoniaGermanyBulgariaAlbaniaCroatiaSwitzerlandNetherlandsSpainItalyDenmarkFinlandSlovakiaBosnia and Herz.Montenegro
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Albania
  2. Austria
  3. Bosnia & Herzegovina
  4. Bulgaria
  5. Croatia
  6. Denmark
  7. Estonia
  8. Finland
  9. France
  10. Germany
  11. Hungary
  12. Italy
  13. Lithuania
  14. Mongolia
  15. Montenegro
  16. Netherlands
  17. Norway
  18. Poland
  19. Romania
  20. Russia
  21. Sierra Leone
  22. Slovakia
  23. South Korea
  24. Spain
  25. Sweden
  26. Switzerland
  27. Ukraine

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pine sawyer beetle as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Andorra
  2. Austria
  3. Lebanon

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 the pine sawyer beetle 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 the pine sawyer beetle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCerambycidae
  6. genusMonochamus
  7. SpeciesMonochamus sutor (Linné, 1758)

Synonyms Cerambyx anglicus, Cerambyx anglicus maculosus, Cerambyx sutor, Lamia heinrothi, Lamia pellio, Lamia rosenmuelleri, Lamia sutor, Monachamus rosenmuelleri, Monachamus sutor, Monachamus sutor var. fuscomaculatus, Monachamus sutor var. hybrida, Monochammus rosenmuelleri, Monochamus rosenmuelleri, Monochamus sutor, Monochamus sutor sutor, Monohammus obscurior, Monohammus sutor, Monohamnus sutor

Other names and names in other languages (27)
  • kozlíček smrkovýCzech
  • Langhornet fyrrebukDanish
  • Einfarbiger FichtenbockGerman
  • Kuuse-puidusikkEstonian
  • suutariFinnish
  • Monochame cordonnierFrench
  • Kis fenyvescincérHungarian
  • cerambico dei piniItalian
  • ヒメシラフヒゲナガカミキリJapanese
  • Mažasis ožiaragisLithuanian
  • furubukkNorwegian Bokmål
  • SparrenbokDutch
  • Monochamus sutorNorwegian
  • Żerdzianka szewcPolish
  • Еловый малый чёрный усачRussian
  • vrzúnik smrekovýSlovak
  • čevljarčekSlovenian
  • tallbockSwedish
  • Скрипник малийUkrainian
  • Einfarbiger LanghornbockGerman
  • SchusterbockGerman
  • DennenboktorDutch
  • SchoenmakerboktorDutch
  • SparrenboktorDutch
  • Усач чёрный еловый малыйRussian
  • čevljarski žagovinarSlovenian
  • Вусач ялиновий малийUkrainian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the pine sawyer beetle

Other species in the same genus Monochamus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the pine sawyer beetle?

An adult pine sawyer beetle measures 2.07 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the pine sawyer beetle live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the pine sawyer beetle for 27 countries, including Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria and Croatia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the pine sawyer beetle an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pine sawyer beetle as introduced in 3 countries: Andorra, Austria and Lebanon, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the pine sawyer beetle?

The pine sawyer beetle (Monochamus sutor) 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

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BibTeX
@misc{pine_sawyer_beetle_2026,
  title = {Pine sawyer beetle (Monochamus sutor)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pine-sawyer-beetle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}