About Oberea pupillata (Gyllenhal, 1817)
Oberea pupillata (Gyllenhal, 1817) measures between 13 and 18 mm (0.51 and 0.71 in). These beetles have a long and slender body. The head, thorax, and abdomen are all about the same width, and elytra are not tapered. Head and antennae are black, and antennae are shorter than the body. The pronotum is orange with two elongated black spots on the sides. Elytra are mostly blackish, yellowish at the base, and rather hairy. The body is orange, with black markings on the sides and below the abdomen. The last abdominal segment has a black mark, and the legs are orange. This species is quite similar to Oberea oculata (Linnaeus, 1758). This species has a wide distribution throughout Europe. It is present in Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic (Bohemia, Moravia), Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and Ukraine. These beetles mainly inhabit sub-mountainous environments and forest edges, but they can also be found in parks where the host plant is present.
