Stenostola ferrea (Schrank, 1776))

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: SAPERDINI

male of Stenostola ferrea
Photo © M.Hoskovec

Body length:8 - 14 mm
Life cycle:2 years
Adults in:May - July
Host plant:polyphagous in deciduous trees, but preferring lime (Tilia)
Distribution:Europe, Russia, Crimea, Near East

The living male was reared from a larva collected in a dead lime (Tilia cordata) trunk in Kohoutov Mt. (Kųivoklįtsko UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic). The mounted beetles were reared from larvae found in a dead branch of lime (Tilia cordata). The branch was collected in Kersko (Central Bohemia, Czech Republic).

Collected by M.Hoskovec.

Stenostola ferrea
Photo © M.Hoskovec




male of Stenostola ferrea
Photo © M.Hoskovec


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