Mesosa (Mesosa) curculionoides (Linnaeus, 1761)

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: MESOSINI

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[Photo © Milan Lovětínský]

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This species develops under the bark of dead trunks of a variety of deciduous trees creating a pupal cell directly under the bark. Quercus is frequently the preferred host.

Body length:	10 - 17 mm
Life cycle:	2 - 3 years
Adults in:	April - August
Host plant:	polyphagous in deciduous trees (Quercus, Castanea, Carpinus, Juglans, Tilia, Corylus, Ulmus, Prunus etc.)
Distribution:	Europe, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Turkey

The depicted beetle was reared from larva found in a dead lime (Tilia sp.) in Křivoklátsko Protected Landscape Area (Central Bohemia, Czechia) in winter 2021.

Collected by Miroslav Polcar

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[Photo © Milan Lovětínský]

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Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Mesosini Thomson, 1860
Genus: Mesosa Latreille, 1829
Subgenus: Mesosa Latreille, 1829
Species: Mesosa (Mesosa) curculionoides (Linnaeus, 1761)