Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: SAPERDINI
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Oberea pedemontana, an interesting and rare Oberea species with relatively small area of distribution in Central and South-East Europe, has been described from Piémont (North Italy) by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat in 1856 [▽]. O. pedemontana larvae develop in twigs and thin stems of living buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula). Life-cycle 3 years. Adults, active in June and July, are diurnal and can be found on the host trees. Biology of this species is in detail described in work of Piero Baronio, Mario Marini and Gianfranco Sama published in 1988 [✯].
Body length: 11 - 15 mm Life cycle: 2 years Adults in: June - July Host plant: buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula) Distribution: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
The depicted beetle was reared from larva found in buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula) stem in Kiskőrös environs (Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary) in April 2025.Collected by our friend Ladislav Karaus
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Chevrolat L.A.A.:
Description de quatre Longicornes européens.
Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, Paris 8 (2): 435-436, 1856. [download]
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Baronio P., Marini M. and Sama G.:
Studi su Oberea pedemontana Chevrolat 1856.
Monti e Boschi 39 (5): 45-52, 1988. [download
[Photo © Daniel Rydzi]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Saperdini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Oberea Dejean, 1835 |
| Subgenus | Oberea Dejean, 1835 |
| Species | Oberea (Oberea) pedemontana Chevrolat, 1856 |