Subgenus Kalashania differs from Phytoecia s.str. by first antennal segment distinctly impressed near apex [❖].

Body length:	8 - 12 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	Apiaceae
Distribution:	Azerbaidjan, Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Turkey

Depicted female beetle of was collected by I. Šochin in Gechser environs (Mazandaran province, Iran) on June 1, 2014.

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Löbl I. & Smetana A.:
Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6 Chrysomeloidea.
I. Löbl & A. Smetana editors, Apollo books, Stenstrup 6: 1-924, 2010.