Deroplia niveopicta, a nocturnal species endemic to Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain), has been described by Carl von Demelt in 1982 [❖]. The species is probably monophagous on Launaea arborescens (Batt.) Murb. (Asteraceae).

Body length:	8 - 13 mm
Life cycle:	1 - 2 years
Adults in:	April
Host plant:	Launaea arborescens (Batt.) Murb. (Asteraceae)
Distribution:	a species endemic to Gran Canaria (Canary Islands)

The depicted beetles were reared from larvae found in dead twigs of Launaea arborescens in Dunas de Maspalomas (Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands).

Collected by Patr Kabátek and M.Rejzek

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von Demelt C.:
Beschreibung 3 neuer Stenidea-Arten der Kanarischen Inseln (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae).
Vieraea 11 (1-2): 97-101, [1981] 1982. [download ]

Sama G.:
Révision du genre Deroplia Dejean, 1835.
Biocosme Mésogéen 110 13 (2): 23-64, 1996. [download ]