Phytoecia (Phytoecia) rufipes (Olivier, 1795)
ssp. rufipes (Olivier, 1795)

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: PHYTOECIINI
Phytoecia rufipes rufipes
[Photo © Jean-Yves Rasplus]
Phytoecia rufipes rufipes
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]



Body length:8 - 14 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:April - July
Host plant:oligophagous in Apiaceae (Foeniculum, Ferula etc.)
Distribution:Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine


The depicted mounted beetle was collected in Turkey by M.Rejzek. The living beetle was photographed on Foeniculum vulgare in Saint-Drézery (50 m, Hérault, France) by our friend Jean-Yves Rasplus.


Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Phytoeciini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Phytoecia Dejean, 1835
Subgenus: Phytoecia Dejean, 1835
Species: Phytoecia (Phytoecia) rufipes (Olivier, 1795)
Subspecies: Phytoecia (Phytoecia) rufipes rufipes (Olivier, 1795)