Phytoecia (Opsilia) molybdaena (Dalman, 1817)
[= Opsilia molybdaena (Dalman, 1817)]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: PHYTOECIINI

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[Photo © Nikola Rahme]

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Body length:	5 - 9 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	Lithospermum purpureo-coeruleum
Distribution:	Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine

The depicted beetles were collected on their host plant (Lithospermum purpureo-coeruleum) in Győr-Moson-Sopron county (Hungary).

Collected by our friend Nikola Rahme

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[Photo © Nikola Rahme]

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Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Phytoeciini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Phytoecia Dejean, 1835
Subgenus: Opsilia Mulsant, 1863
Species: Phytoecia (Opsilia) molybdaena (Dalman, 1817)