Pterolophia (Pterolophia) m-griseum (Linnaeus, 1767)
[= Albana m-griseum Mulsant, 1846]
[= Albana m-grisea Mulsant, 1846]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: PTEROPLIINI
Pterolophia m-griseum
[Photo © P.Jelínek]
Body length:4 - 7 mm
Life cycle:1 - 2 years
Adults in:April - September
Host plant:known from Genista cinerea and Genista scorpius
Distribution:France, Spain


The depicted beetle was reared from a larva found in a dead Genista twig collected in Port Vendres environs (Pyrénées-Orientales, South France).

Collected by P.Jelínek


Pterolophia m-griseum
Pterolophia m-griseum
Pterolophia m-griseum
Pterolophia m-griseum
[Photo © P.Jelínek]

Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Pteropliini Thomson, 1860
Genus: Pterolophia Newman, 1842
Subgenus: Pterolophia Newman, 1842
Species: Pterolophia (Pterolophia) m-griseum (Mulsant, 1846)