Forum Entomologi Italiani

Today we'll talk about Oberea (Amaurostoma) cf erythrocephala.

We know that the beetles belonging to the "Oberea (Amaurostoma) erythrocephala group" develop in different species of Euphorbia spp. What is the number of species? Whether such taxa as O. (A.) euphorbiae and O. (A.) histrionis (= moravica) are good species? Maybe it's just the form of food, or geographical races? In this topic in science is a mess.
Collecting specimens in various countries, for example in Poland, Bulgaria, Greece, Armenia, I understand less and less, rather than to understand more and more...

My photos:
Oberea (Amaurostoma) cf erythrocephala
Bulgaria, Pirin Mountains, around Damianica, 06 VI, 2006.
Leg., det. A. Woźniak

How do you think, what's the species???

Nessuno si esprime?

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Daniele

The subject is very complex, difficult, and not very many entomologists have in it something clever to say.