Oedemera lurida is a species of beetle belonging to the family Oedemeridae subfamily Oedemerinae.

The body of these insects is metallic pale-green, gray-green or brownish.

The elytra are narrow and covered with dense gray hairs.

[1] Larvae develop in rotten wood or humus and feed on stems of herbaceous plants and on rotten wood, while adult beetles feed on pollen and nectar of a wide variety of flowers, especially of umbels, Taraxacum and Ranunculus flowers and hawthorns.

These beetles are present in most of Europe, in North Africa and in the Near East.