Zabrus tenebrioides (Goeze, 1777)

corn, wheat ground beetle

on Triticum, etc.

Triticum aestivum, Hungary, Bezenye, 20.vi.2014 © László Érsek

imago, feeding on a ripeninhg fruit

parasite

Oviposition on the soil.The larvae feed in autumn and spring on the germinating plants.

host plants

Poaceae, oligophagous

Hordeum vulgare; Triticum aestivum.

phenology

Univoltine; hibernation as larva.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

references

Georgescu, Rîşnoveanu, Toader, ao (2017a), Wetzel, Skuhravý, Camprag, ao (1984a).