Phytoecia (Pygoptosia) eugeniae Ganglbauer, 1884
[= Pygoptosia eugeniae (Ganglbauer, 1884)]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: PHYTOECIINI

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[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

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According to Martin Rejzek et al. [✧] Phytoecia (Pygoptosia) eugeniae develops in Centaurea behen (Asteraceae).

Body length:	12 - 22 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	Centaurea behen
Distribution:	a species endemic to Iran

The depicted beetles were collected on Centaurea behen in Dorud (52 km SE Borugerd, Zagros Mts., prov. Lorestan, NW Iran).

Collected by M.Rejzek

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[✧]
Rejzek M., Sama G., Alziar G.:
Host plants of several herb-feeding Cerambycidae mainly from east Mediterranean region (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Biocosme Mésogéen 17 (4): 263-294, 2001. [download ]

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Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Phytoeciini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Phytoecia Dejean, 1835
Subgenus: Pygoptosia Reitter, 1895
Species: Phytoecia (Pygoptosia) eugeniae Ganglbauer, 1884