Oberea (Oberea) pedemontana Chevrolat, 1856

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: OBEREINI

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[Photo © P.Jelínek]

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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

This interesting beetle was collected in Bács-Kiskun county (Hungary). The pictures show an adult sitting on a buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula) leaf and two freshly hatched adults in pupal cells build in the wood of the host.

Collected by Nikola Rahme and Petr Jelínek

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[Photo © Nikola Rahme]

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[Photo © Nikola Rahme]

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Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Obereini Thomson, 1864
Genus: Oberea Dejean, 1835
Subgenus: Oberea Dejean, 1835
Species: Oberea (Oberea) pedemontana Chevrolat, 1856