CerambycidaeLamiinaeEunidiiniEunidia

Eunidia

African Eunidia
LamiinaeEunidiini
W. Palearctic spp.
1
Body length
8–15 mm
Activity
Diurnal
Flight season
Summer–Autumn
Overwinters as
larva
Larva type
MRTVE_TV
Biotope
forest-saproxylic
Overview

Eunidia

*Eunidia* Thomson, 1864 is a small to medium-sized cerambycid genus (8–15 mm) belonging to the tribe-level assemblage of Lamiinae with predominantly Afrotropical affinities. The genus is characterised by a robust, cylindrical body clothed in dense, cryptic pubescence that renders adults difficult to detect against bark and wood surfaces. Adults are active from May to August and are associated almost exclusively with *Ficus* (Moraceae), both as larvae — which bore through subcortical tissues into sapwood — and as adults, which feed on bark, shoots, and leaves of the same host. With only three West Palaearctic species, *Eunidia* reaches the northern limit of its range along the Mediterranean f…

Seasonal activity

Flight season: Summer–Autumn

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Green = active months · Orange = peak

Host plants

Primary hosts: wood

Ficus
⚑ Conservation note: none

External resources

GBIF

Field tip: On host plants or under bark. Hosts: Ficus.