Phytoecia (Musaria) argus (Frölich, 1793)

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: PHYTOECIINI
Phytoecia argus
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]




Body length:9 - 21 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:April - June
Host plant:Seseli
Distribution:Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine


This beetle was found on the ground near its host plant (Seseli sp.) in Štúrovo environs (South Slovakia).

Collected by M.Hoskovec


Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Phytoeciini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Phytoecia Dejean, 1835
Subgenus: Musaria J. Thomson, 1864
Species: Phytoecia (Musaria) argus (Frölich, 1793)