Photo © M.Hoskovec

Parmena pubescens is a Mediterranean species. It develops in a broad variety of herbaceous plants and occasionally in shrubs and trees. Very frequently it can be found on dead stalks of Euphorbia plants. It is a nocturnal species, and therefore, it is necessary to inspect the plants at night.

Body length:	5 - 10 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	April - October
Host plant:	broadly polyphagous in herbaceous plants, deciduos trees and shrubs
Distribution:	Mediterranean area

The depicted beetle was collected and photographed on the host-plant (Euphorbia wulfenii) in Areopolis (SW of Peloponnese, Greece).

Collected by M.Hoskovec