| Trichoferus
griseus (Fabricius, 1792) |
| CERAMBYCINAE, HESPEROPHANINI |
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Size:
15-16 mm.
Host plant: polyphagous on broadleaf trees. Life cycle: 1-2 years. Adults in May-September. Distribution: Circum-Mediterranean species widespread from North Africa (including Egypt), and Iberian peninsula to Crete, Cyprus, South Turkey, Jordan, Iraq, Israel. Probably in all countries of Near East eastwards to Iran. Cyrenaica. Cyrenaica: Hawa Fteah (Susah), 14 ex larva from Ficus carica, 14 end VIII/early IX.2003 and VI.2004; Cyrene (Shahat), 3 emerged from F.carica, 4/22/26.VII.2004 (JR); one ex larva from Pistacia lentiscus, VIII.2004; Wadi Darnah, 31.V.2004, in pupal cell in Ficus carica. JCR 10/01/2004 |
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