Penichroa fasciata (Stephens, 1831)
[= Callidium timidum Ménétriés, 1832]
[= Graecoeme eggeri Adlbauer, 2006]

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: GRACILIINI

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[Photo © David Navrátil, click on the picture for 4K resolution]

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Penichroa fasciata, a widely distributed species occuring in whole Mediterranean region, Asia Minor, Near East, Transacaucasia and Iran, has been described from Norfolk (probably introduced to England) as Callidium fasciatum by James Francis Stephens in 1831 [✧]. Penichroa fasciata is in size and coloration unusually variable species, and it was reason for some mistakes in the description of new WP Cerambycids in the past [❖]. P. fasciata larvae devcelop in dead branches and thinner trunks of many deciduous trees, life-cycle 2-3 years. Adults, active from May to September, are crepuscular/nocturnal and can found on the host trees or attracted by light.

Body length:	6 - 15 mm
Life cycle:	2 - 3 years
Adults in:	May - September
Host plant:	polyphagous on deciduous trees (Juglans, Ficus, Populus, Prunus, Castanea, Ceratonia, Quercus, Vachellia, Pyrus, etc.)
Distribution:	whole Mediterranean region, Russia, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran

The depicted mounted beetles were collected using UV light trap in Agadir Agádír (أغادير‎) environs (195 m a.s.l., Souss Massa region, Morocco) on May 15-16, 2023. The living specimens were reared from larvae found in dead branches of fig tree (Ficus carica) in Medulin environs (Istria County, Croatia) on June 3, 2002.

Collected by David Navrátil and Michal Hoskovec

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[✧]
Stephens J.F.:
Illustrations of British Entomology or, a synopsis of indigenous insects; containing their generic and specific distinctions; with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearence, localities, food, and economy, as far as practicable. Mandibulata..
Baldwin & Cradock, London 4: 366pp, 1831. [download ]

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Adlbauer K.:
Graecoeme eggeri gen.n., sp.n. – der erste Vertreter der Oemini aus Europa (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Koleopterologische Rundschau 76: 379–382, 2006. [download ]

Adlbauer K.:
Synonymisierung von Graecoeme eggeri ADLBAUER, 2006 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Koleopterologische Rundschau 77: 189–190, 2007. [download ]

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[Photo © Michal Hoskovec, Fuji Superia 400 35 mm film scan]

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Subfamilia	Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus	Graciliini Mulsant, 1839
Genus	Penichroa Stephens, 1839
Species	Penichroa fasciata (Stephens, 1831)