Body length:	10 - 15 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	Gundelia tournefortii
Distribution:	Armenia, Iran, Syria, Turkey

The depicted beetles were collected on Gundelia tournefortii in summit plateaus of Nemrut Dagi Mt. (Adiyaman prov., Anatolia, SE Turkey). Gundelia tournefortii Linnaeus (Asteraceae) has been reported [❖] as the host of this species.

Collected by M.Hoskovec

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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 ]