Molorchus (Caenoptera) juglandis Sama, 1982

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: MOLORCHINI

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[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

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Body length:	8 - 15 mm
Life cycle:	1 - 2 years
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	walnut (Juglans regia)
Distribution:	Southern Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Georgia, Syria

The depicted beetles were reared from a dead twig of Juglans regia collected in Eregli (SW Turkey).

Collected by M.Rejzek

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Sama G.:
Contributo allo studio dei Coleotteri Cerambycidae di Grecia e Asia Minore.
Fragmenta Entomologica, Roma 16 (2): 205-227, 1982. [download ]

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Subfamilia: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Molorchini Mulsant, 1863
Genus: Molorchus Fabricius, 1793
Subgenus: Caenoptera Thomson, 1859
Species: Molorchus (Caenoptera) juglandis Sama, 1982