Phytoecia (Musaria) affinis (Harrer, 1784)
ssp. affinis (Harrer, 1784)

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: PHYTOECIINI
Phytoecia affinis affinis
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Body length:9 - 16 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:May - June
Host plant:oligophagous in Apiaceae (Chaerophyllum, Pastinacia, Bupleurum, Imperatoria etc.)
Distribution:Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine


The depicted beetles were collected on Bupleurum sp. (Apiaceae) in Litohoro (NE Greece).

Collected by M.Hoskovec


Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Phytoeciini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Phytoecia Dejean, 1835
Subgenus: Musaria J. Thomson, 1864
Species: Phytoecia (Musaria) affinis (Harrer, 1784)
Subspecies: Phytoecia (Musaria) affinis affinis (Harrer, 1784)