Phytoecia (Neomusaria) salvicola has been described by Carolus Holzschuh from Harput (S of Elazığ, Elazığ province, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey) in 1989. The species is accociated with Salvia candidissima [❖] and probably also with another Salvia species.

Body length:	9 - 14 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May - July
Host plant:	Salvia spp. (Salvia candidissima)
Distribution:	Armenia, Syria, Turkey

The mounted beetle was collected on the host plant in Harput (Turkey). The living one was reared from larva found in Salvia candidissima collected in the same locality.

Collected by M.Hoskovec

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Holzschuh C.:
Beschreibung neuer Bockkäfer aus Europa und Asien (Cerambycidae, Col.).
Koleopterologische Rundschau, Wien 59: 153-183, 1989. [download ]