Stenostola ferrea (Schrank, 1776)

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: SAPERDINI

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[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

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Body length:	8 - 14 mm
Life cycle:	2 years
Adults in:	May - July
Host plant:	polyphagous in deciduous trees, but preferring limes (Tilia spp.)
Distribution:	Europe, Russia, Crimea, Near East

The living specimens were reared from a larvae collected in a dead lime (Tilia cordata) trunk in Kohoutov Mt. (Křivoklátsko UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic). The mounted beetles were reared from larvae found in a dead branch of lime (Tilia cordata). The branch was collected in Kersko (Central Bohemia, Czech Republic).

Collected by M.Hoskovec

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[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

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[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

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Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Saperdini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Stenostola Dejean, 1835
Species: Stenostola ferrea (Schrank, 1776)