Oberea (Amaurostoma) euphorbiae (Germar, 1813)

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: SAPERDINI
Oberea euphorbia
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Body length:11 - 17 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:May - June
Host plant:marsh spurge (Euphorbia palustris)
Distribution:Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine


This particular beetle was reared from a larva found in a dead marsh spurge (Euphorbia palustris) stalk. It was collected in Sadská (Central Bohemia, Czechia).

Collected by M.Hoskovec


Oberea euphorbia
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Saperdini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Oberea Dejean, 1835
Subgenus: Amaurostoma Müller, 1906
Species: Oberea (Amaurostoma) euphorbiae (Germar, 1813)