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

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: PHYTOECIINI
Phytoecia affinis affinis
[Photo © P.Jelínek]
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


Living adults were photographed by P.Jelínek in Galičica NP (Национален парк Галичица; SW Macedonia). The depicted mounted beetles were collected by M.Hoskovec on Bupleurum sp. (Apiaceae) in Litohoro (NE Greece).


Phytoecia affinis affinis
Phytoecia affinis affinis
Phytoecia affinis affinis
Phytoecia affinis affinis
[Photo © P.Jelínek]

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)