Cophopodisma pyrenaea (Fischer, 1853)


Cophopodisma pyrenaea: Female (Canigou, Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, 2100m asl, mid-October 2013) [N] Cophopodisma pyrenaea: Female (Canigou, Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, 2100m asl, mid-October 2013) [N] Cophopodisma pyrenaea: Female (Canigou, Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, 2100m asl, mid-October 2013) [N] Cophopodisma pyrenaea: Female (Canigou, Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, 2100m asl, mid-October 2013) [N] Cophopodisma pyrenaea: Female (Canigou, Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, 2100m asl, mid-October 2013) [N] Cophopodisma pyrenaea: Female (Canigou, Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, 2100m asl, mid-October 2013) [N] Cophopodisma pyrenaea: Female (Canigou, Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, 2100m asl, mid-October 2013) [N] Cophopodisma pyrenaea: Female (Canigou, Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, 2100m asl, mid-October 2013) [N] Cophopodisma pyrenaea: Male (Canigou, Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, 2100m asl, mid-October 2013) [N] Cophopodisma pyrenaea: Male (Canigou, Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, 2100m asl, mid-October 2013) [N] Cophopodisma pyrenaea: Male (Canigou, Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, 2100m asl, mid-October 2013) [N] Cophopodisma pyrenaea: Male (Canigou, Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, 2100m asl, mid-October 2013) [N] Cophopodisma pyrenaea: Mating (Canigou, October 2013) [N] Cophopodisma pyrenaea: Mating (Canigou, October 2013) [N] Cophopodisma pyrenaea: Habitat in the Canigou area (east Pyrenees, October 2013) [N] Cophopodisma pyrenaea: Habitat in the Canigou area (east Pyrenees, October 2013) [N]

Habitat:
Cophopodisma pyrenaea occurs on most often grazed but not necessarily stony mountain slopes between 2000 and 2700m asl, rarely even a bit lower.

Life cycle:
The adults appear between July and October. They mostly stay near the ground (in contrast to e.g. Miramella alpina).

Remarks:
Cophopodisma pyrenaea is endemic to the Pyrenees (Spain, France, Andorra).