Species was moved into a newly estabilished subgenus Paracoptosia by Mikhail Danilevsky in 2017 [✩].

Body length:	8 - 12 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	Alkannia graeca (Boraginaceae)
Distribution:	Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Turkey

The depicted living beetle was photographed by our friend Karel Hodek in Anoixi (Άνοιξη) village environs (N39° 54.85' E21° 34.35'; Grevena prefecture, West Macedonia, Greece) in April 2016.

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Berger P.:
Contribution à la connaissance de la faune de Grèce : Coleoptera, Cerambycidae. 3ème note.
Biocosme Mésogéen, Nice 22 (2): 81-96, 2005.

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Danilevsky M.L.:
A New Subgenus of the Longicorn Genus Phytoecia Dejean, 1835 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from the Palaearctic Region.
Entomological Review 97 (8): 1137-1139, 2017. [download ]