Oropodisma macedonica Ramme, 1951


Oropodisma macedonica: Male (NW-Greece, Epirus, Mount Tymfi, 2000m, late July 2025) [N] Oropodisma macedonica: Male (NW-Greece, Epirus, Mount Tymfi, 2000m, late July 2025) [N] Oropodisma macedonica: Male (NW-Greece, Epirus, Mount Tymfi, 2000m, late July 2025) [N] Oropodisma macedonica: Male (NW-Greece, Epirus, Mount Tymfi, 2000m, late July 2025) [N] Oropodisma macedonica: Male (NW-Greece, Epirus, Mount Tymfi, 2000m, late July 2025) [N] Oropodisma macedonica: Female (N-Greece, western Makedonia,  Mount Vasilitza, 1800m, late July 2025) [N] Oropodisma macedonica: Female (N-Greece, western Makedonia,  Mount Vasilitza, 1800m, late July 2025) [N] Oropodisma macedonica: Female (N-Greece, western Makedonia,  Mount Vasilitza, 1800m, late July 2025) [N] Oropodisma macedonica: Female (N-Greece, western Makedonia,  Mount Vasilitza, 1800m, late July 2025) [N] Oropodisma macedonica: Female (N-Greece, western Makedonia,  Mount Vasilitza, 1800m, late July 2025) [N] Oropodisma macedonica: Female (N-Greece, western Makedonia,  Mount Vasilitza, 1800m, late July 2025) [N] Oropodisma macedonica: Female (N-Greece, western Makedonia,  Mount Vasilitza, 1800m, late July 2025) [M] Oropodisma macedonica: Male larva (NW-Greece, Epirus, Mount Tymfi, 2000m, late July 2025) [N] Oropodisma macedonica: Female larva (NW-Greece, Epirus, Mount Tymfi, 2000m, late July 2025) [N] Oropodisma macedonica: Habitat (N-Greece, western Makedonia,  Mount Vasilitza, 1800m, late July 2025) [N] Oropodisma macedonica: Habitat (N-Greece, western Makedonia,  Mount Vasilitza, 1800m, late July 2025) [N] Oropodisma macedonica: Habitat (NW-Greece, Epirus, Mount Tymfi, 2000m, late July 2025) [N] Oropodisma macedonica: Habitat (NW-Greece, Epirus, Mount Tymfi, 2000m, late July 2025) [N]

Habitat:
Oropodisma macedonica is found on scree, rock and in gappy pastures rich in open soil above 1600m, up to about 2300m.

Life cycle:
The adults usually appear between July and October. They can be flushed out of scree or gappy vegetation.

Remarks:
Oropodisma macedonica occurs on the western Balkan Peninsula (Albania, Republic of northern Macedonia, S-Kosovo, N-Greece in Epirus and western Makedonia). I observed it in northern Greece near Samarina (Vasilitza) and on Mount Tymfi.



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