Osphranteria lata Pic, 1956a

family CERAMBYCIDAE Latreille, 1802
subfamily Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
tribe Callichromatini Swainson & Shuckard, 1840
genus Osphranteria L. Redtenbacher, 1850
lata Pic, 1956a

Osphranteria lata Pic, 1956a

Distribution:
ASIA - AF IN

Body length: 15 - 25 mm
Life cycle: 2 - 3 years [?]
Adults in: April - June
Host plant: Ziziphus sp. (Rhamnaceae)
Distribution: Iran

This very local longhorn beetle is perhaps the only heliophilic species we recorded in South Iran. The adults visit flowers and remain there most of the night. The depicted beetles were collected in Genu (30 km N Bandar-e Abbas, Hormozgan province, South Iran).