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The 7 to 13 mm large longhorn beetle Chlorophorus figuratus (family Cerambycidae) is one of four representatives of the genus in Germany, all of them are rather rare. The black elytra exhibit three white bands and white spots on the shoulders – similar only to C. sartor in Germany. C. figuratus is of south palearctic distribution, from Southern to Central Europe, Asia Minor, the Caucasus to Western Siberia. The stenotopic, thermophilic species lives on warm slopes and heath steppe and develops xylophagous in dead branches of elm (Ulmus), oak (Quercus), chestnut (Castanea) and others deciduous trees in a 2-year development cycle. The adults visit blossoms, they can be found from June to August on Compositae, Umbelliferae and hawthorn. In Germany the species is regarded as endangered (RL 2).