Echium italicum L.

Familia: BORAGINACEAE
Echium italicum
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

In Greece the depicted plant, Echium italicum (Boraginaceae), serves as a host for Oxylia duponcheli (Brullé, 1832) and Phytoecia (Opsilia) caerulescens (Scopoli, 1763), respectively. In Armenia, Turkey and Near East it serves as a host for Oxylia argentata (Ménétriés, 1832).