''Saperda candida'', the roundheaded appletree borer, is a species of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by

Johan Christian Fabricius Johan Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is cons ...

in 1787. It is known from

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and the

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. It contains the varietas ''Saperda candida var. bipunctata''.BioLib.cz - ''Saperda candida''
Retrieved 8 September 2014. ''Saperda candida'' is preyed upon by the

parasitoid wasp Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran superfamilies, with all but the wood wasps (Orussoidea) being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita. As parasitoids, they lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other arthropods, sooner or later causin ...

species ''

Cenocoelius saperdae ''Cenocoelius'' is a genus of hymenopteran insects belonging to the family Braconidae. Those species whose life history has been studied are all koinobiont parasitoids on wood-boring beetle larvae (mainly Cerambycidae and Curculionidae but some ...

''.

References

candida Beetles described in 1787 {{Saperdini-stub