Osphranteria lata Pic, 1956
[= Osphranteria richteri Heyrovský, 1959]

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: CALLICHROMATINI


Osphranteria lata
Photo © M.Hoskovec


Body length:15 - 25 mm
Life cycle:2 - 3 years [?]
Adults in:April - June
Host plant:Ziziphus sp. (Rhamnaceae)
Distribution:Iran

This very local longhorn beetle is perhaps the only heliophilic species we recorded in South Iran. The adults visit flowers and remain there most of the night. The depicted beetles were collected in Genu (30 km N Bandar-e Abbas, Hormozgan province, South Iran).


osphranteria lata
Photo © F.Kovaøík



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