[= Leptura distigma Charpentier, 1825]
[= Strangalia distigma (Charpentier, 1825)]
Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE / Tribus: LEPTURINI
[Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Nustera distigma, a West-Mediterranean species occuring in South France, Iberian peninsula and Maghreb, has been described from as Leptura distigma from Portugal by Toussaint Charpentier in 1825 [▿]. Larvae of this in coloration very variable beetle develop in decaying wood of deciduous and coniferous trees (Quercus, Pinus, Cedrus etc.). Life cycle at least 2 years. Adults, active from May to July, are diurnal and anthophilous [❖][✮].
Body length: 9 - 14 mm Life cycle: 2 - 3 years Adults in: May - June Host plant: polyphagous in coniferous and deciduous trees (Quercus, Pinus, Cedrus etc.). Distribution: France, Portugal, Spain, Algeria, Morroco, Tunisia
The depicted beetles were collected on flowers (Apiaceae) in South France on May 22, 2022.Collected by Petr Jelínek
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Charpentier T.:
Horae Entomologicae adjectis tabulis novem coloratis
Gosohorsky, Wratislawiae i-xvi + 255pp, 1825. [download]
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Villiers A.:
Coléoptères Cérambycides de l'Afrique du Nord.
Faune de l'Empire Français, ORSC Paris, 5: 1-152 [page 53], 1946. [download[✮]
Trócoli S.:
Actualización del catálogo de Longicornios de Marruecos Actualisation du catalogue des Longicornes du Maroc (Parte II / Partie II : Cerambycidae, Lepturinae, Vesperidae).
Revue de l'Association Roussillonnaise d'Entomologie (R.A.R.E.) 28 (2): 72-84, 2019. [download
[Photo © Petr Jelínek]
[Photo © Petr Jelínek]
| Subfamilia | Lepturinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Lepturini Latreille, 1804 |
| Genus | Nustera Villers, 1974 |
| Species | Nustera distigma (Charpentier, 1825) |