Oberea pedemontana Chevrolat, 1856

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: OBEREINI

oberea pedemontana
Photo © Petr Jelínek

oberea pedemontana
Photo © Nikola Rahme


Body length:11 - 15 mm
Life cycle:2 years
Adults in:June
Host plant:buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula)
Distribution:SE Europe

This interesting beetle was collected in Bács-Kiskun county (Hungary). The pictures show an adult sitting on a buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula) leaf and two freshly hatched adults in pupal cells build in the wood of the host.

Collected by Nikola Rahme and Petr Jelínek.


oberea pedemontana


oberea pedemontana
Photo © Nikola Rahme



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