This common European member of Phytoecini tribe belongs among oligophagous species developing in Asteraceae. Known host plants are for example Achillea, Tanacetum, Chrysanthemum or Pyrethrum.

Body length:	5 - 9 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	April - July
Host plant:	oligophagous in Asteraceae
Distribution:	Europe except North, Turkey, Caucasus, Kazakhstan

The depicted beetle was collected on Achillea in Prague-Zlíchov (Czechia).

Collected by M.Hoskovec