Theophilea
Theophilea
*Theophilea* Pic, 1895 is a small, cryptically pubescent grass-stem longhorn beetle, 5–12 mm in body length, with a robust, cylindrical habitus that renders it well camouflaged among the dry stems of its host grasses (Poaceae). The genus is associated with open, dry steppes and Mediterranean grassland habitats, and adults have been recorded by sweeping on such sites from mid-May to early June. Sláma (1998) noted collecting the genus near Balaton in 1968 by sweeping a dry, steppic locality of an abandoned orchard overgrown mainly with *Anisantha* and *Agropyron*. With only four Palaearctic species and a restricted western Mediterranean range, *Theophilea* represents a modest but ecologically …
Seasonal activity
Flight season: Spring–Summer
Green = active months · Orange = peak
Host plants
Primary hosts: herb
External resources
Field tip: On host plants or under bark. Hosts: Poaceae (grass stems). Steppe/dry habitat.