Crotchiella

Crotchiella is a genus of longhorn beetles containing only one species, Crotchiella brachyptera, an endangered species endemic to the Azores.

Crotchiella
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Cerambycidae
Subfamily:	Cerambycinae
Tribe:	Achrysonini
Genus:	Crotchiella Israelson, 1985
Species:	C. brachyptera
Binomial name
Crotchiella brachyptera Israelson, 1985

Distribution and habitat

C. brachyptera is known only from the islands of Pico, Saõ Miguel, and Santa Maria in the Azores archipelago. It inhabits montane laurel forests, where it can be found living in the dead wood of Laurus azorica, Vitis vinifera, and Ilex species.^[1]