Body length:	8 - 15 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	Echium
Distribution:	Iran, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan

The depicted beetle was collected was found on the host plant (Echium sp.) in Agalik environs (Zaravschanskii khrebet, Uzbekistan).

Collected by our mentor and teacher in entomology, Dr. Jaromír Strejček