Purpuricenus budensis (Götz, 1783)
ssp. budensis (Götz, 1783)

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: TRACHYDERINI
Purpuricenus budensis budensis
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Body length:10 - 22 mm
Life cycle:2 - 3 years
Adults in:May - August
Host plant:polyphagous in deciduous trees (Prunus, Quercus, Ulmus, Paliurus, Salix, Pistacia etc.)
Distribution:South Europe, Slovakia, Hungary, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Turkey, Near East, North Iran


The depicted beetles were collected on a blossoming Christ's thorn (Paliurus spina-christi) in Leptokaria (NE Greece).

Collected by M.Hoskovec


Subfamilia: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Trachyderini Dupont, 1836
Genus: Purpuricenus Dejean, 1821
Species: Purpuricenus budensis (Götz, 1783)
Subspecies: Purpuricenus budensis budensis (Götz, 1783)