Oberea (Amaurostoma) taygetana (Pic, 1901)
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: OBEREINI
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: OBEREINI

[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Body length: 12 - 18 mm Life cycle: 1 - 2 years Adults in: May - July Host plant: Euphorbia spp. Distribution: an endemic species to South Greece
The depicted beetles were collected on their host plant, Mediterranean Spurge (Euphorbia characias wulfenii), in Areopolis (Lakoonia nomos, SW of Peloponnese peninsula, Greece).Collected by M.Hoskovec

[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Obereini Thomson, 1864
Genus: Oberea Dejean, 1835
Subgenus: Amaurostoma Müller, 1906
Species: Oberea (Amaurostoma) taygetana (Pic, 1901)