Stenhomalus bicolor (Kraatz, 1862)
[= Obrium bicolor Kraatz, 1862]

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: OBRIINI

Stenhomalus bicolor
Photo © M.Hoskovec

Body length:4 - 6 mm
Life cycle:1 - 2 years
Adults in:May - June
Host plant:polyphagous in deciduous trees and shrubs (Rhamnus, Euonymus etc.)
Distribution:Europe, Crimea, Rossia

The depicted living beetle was beaten from common walnut (Juglans regia) near Perivoli village (SW of Corfu Island, Greece). The mounted specimens were reared from a larvae found in a dead common spindle (Euonymus europaeus) twig collected in Znojmo (South Moravia, Czech Republic).

Collected by M.Hoskovec.

Stenhomalus bicolor
Photo © M.Hoskovec


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