Phytoecia (Opsilia) molybdaena (Dalman, 1817)
[= Opsilia molybdaena (Dalman, 1817)]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: PHYTOECIINI
[Photo © Nikola Rahme]
[Photo © Nikola Rahme]
[= Opsilia molybdaena (Dalman, 1817)]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: PHYTOECIINI

[Photo © Nikola Rahme]
Body length: 5 - 9 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: May - June Host plant: Lithospermum purpureo-coeruleum Distribution: Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine
The depicted beetles were collected on their host plant (Lithospermum purpureo-coeruleum) in Győr-Moson-Sopron county (Hungary).Collected by our friend Nikola Rahme

[Photo © Nikola Rahme]
Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Phytoeciini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Phytoecia Dejean, 1835
Subgenus: Opsilia Mulsant, 1863
Species: Phytoecia (Opsilia) molybdaena (Dalman, 1817)