Phytoecia (Musaria) tirellii, a rare endemic Italian (Apennine Mountains) species described by Paolo Luigioni in 1913 [❖], is developing in stalks of Crepis lacera (Asteraceae).

Body length:	8 - 13 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	Crepis lacera
Distribution:	an endemic species to Italy

The depicted beetles were photographed by P. Jelínek on the host plant (Crepis lacera) in Monte Nerone (Appennino umbro-marchigiano, Pesaro-Urbino province, Italy) on June 3, 2017.

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Luigioni P.:
Descrizione di un nuovo "Cerambycidae" dell' Italia Centrale.
Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana, Firenze 44: 168-170, 1913. [download ]