| Niphona
picticornis Mulsant, 1839 |
| LAMINAE, PTEROPLIINI |
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Size:
10-19 mm.
Host plant: polyphagous in dead branches of deciduous trees and shrubs: Ficus, Spartium, Castanea, Ulmus, Morus, Punica, Quercus, Sambucus, Laurus, Cercis, Pistacia, Rhamnus, etc. Life cycle: 2-3 years. Adults in April-October. Distribution: Coastal plains of whole Mediterranean area. New record for Libya: Cyrenaica. Taknis, 05/05/2004, on Pistacia lentiscus. Only the depicted specimen. This locality is in the height of Jabal Ackdar (ca. 700 m). JCR 16/06/2004 |
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