Parmena mutilloides Sabbadini et Pesarini, 1992

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: PARMENINI

parmena mutilloides
Photo © M.Hoskovec

Body length:3.5 - 5 mm
Life cycle:unknown but probably 1 - 2 years
Adults in:adults hatch in July and as in other Parmena live for many months
Host plant:probably Euphorbia spp. and Ficus carica
Distribution:a species endemic to SW Turkey - Antalya and Konya provinces

The beetle in these pictures was reared from a larva collected in dead roots of a Euphorbia sp. collected in Akseki (SW Turkey).

Collected by P.Kabátek.

parmena mutilloides

parmena mutilloides
Photo © M.Hoskovec


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