Deroplia costigera, a rare nocturnal species endemic to El Hierro (Canary Islands), has been described by Carl von Demelt in 1982 [❖].

Body length:	13 - 15 mm
Life cycle:	2 years
Adults in:	November-March
Host plant:	Kleinia neriifolia
Distribution:	a species endemic to El Hierro (Canary Islands Spain)

The depicted specimen was collected in La Caleta environs (El Hierro, Canary Islands).

Collected by Dr. P. Schurmann

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von Demelt C.:
Beschreibung 3 neuer Stenidea-Arten der Kanarischen Inseln (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae).
Vieraea 11 (1-2): 97-101, [1981] 1982. [download ]

Sama G.:
Révision du genre Deroplia Dejean, 1835.
Biocosme Mésogéen 110 13 (2): 23-64, 1996. [download ]