Varieties include:[1] This beetle is present in most of Europe and in the eastern Palearctic realm.

[3] Head and pronotum are black, while the elytrae vary from light yellow to deep orange.

The first black band reaches the scutellum.The sides of the chest and the back of the abdomen are covered with a yellow-orange or white pubescence.

[4] In this species males and females can be easily distinguished based on the front legs.

The larvae feed mainly on dead wood and other organic parts of various deciduous trees.