Phytoecia (Opsilia) molybdaena (Dalman, 1817)
[= Opsilia molybdaena (Dalman, 1817)]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: PHYTOECIINI
Phytoecia molybdaena
[Photo © Nikola Rahme]
Body length:5 - 9 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:May - June
Host plant:Lithospermum purpureo-coeruleum
Distribution:Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine


The depicted beetles were collected on their host plant (Lithospermum purpureo-coeruleum) in Győr-Moson-Sopron county (Hungary).

Collected by our friend Nikola Rahme


Phytoecia molybdaena
[Photo © Nikola Rahme]

Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Phytoeciini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Phytoecia Dejean, 1835
Subgenus: Opsilia Mulsant, 1863
Species: Phytoecia (Opsilia) molybdaena (Dalman, 1817)