Deroplia

Deroplia

*Deroplia* Dejean, 1835 is a medium-sized Mediterranean longhorn beetle (5–18 mm) whose dense, bark-patterned pubescence renders adults nearly invisible against the branches and trunks of their host trees. With 12 Palaearctic and 6 European species, the genus is centred on the Mediterranean Basin, extending through southern Europe, North Africa, and Turkey. Adults are strictly nocturnal, spending the day concealed beneath bark, and emerge at night to feed on shoots, bark, and leaves of a remarkably broad range of woody and herbaceous hosts including *Olea*, *Ficus*, *Pistacia*, and *Euphorbia*. Larvae bore into dead and dying stems and branches, completing development in one to two years dep…

Seasonal activity

Flight season: Summer–Autumn

Green = active months · Orange = peak

Host plants

Primary hosts: herb

External resources

GBIF · Wikidata · Käfer der Welt

Field tip: In dead branches of deciduous trees. Hosts: Argyranthemum. Mediterranean species.