Plagionotus (Echinocerus) floralis (Pallas, 1773)
[= Echinocerus floralis (Pallas, 1773)]
[= Paraplagionotus floralis (Pallas, 1773)]

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: CLYTINI
Plagionotus floralis
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Plagionotus floralis
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]





Body length:8 - 20 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:May - July
Host plant:polyphagous in roots of herbs (Euphorbia, Medicago, Achillea)
Distribution:Europe except North, Russia, Turkey, Caucasus, North Iran, Transcaucasia


The depicted mounted beetle was collected on yarrow (Achillea) in Kamenica nad Hronom (South Slovakia). The living one was captured near Vayk (Southern Armenia).

Collected by M.Hoskovec


Plagionotus floralis
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

Subfamilia: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Clytini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Plagionotus Latreille, 1829
Subgenus: Echinocerus Mulsant, 1863
Species: Plagionotus (Echinocerus) floralis (Pallas, 1773)