According to M. Rejzek et al. [❖] in Syria Phytoecia (Helladia) praetextata praetextata develops in Lapsana communis Linnaeus (Asteraceae).

Body length:	7 - 12 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	April - June
Host plant:	Lapsana communis
Distribution:	Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Ukraine, Russia: South European Territory, Turkey

The depicted beetle was collected in Koroglu Daglari Mts. (North Turkey).

Collected by our friend Petr Viktora

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Rejzek M., Sama G., Alziar G.:
Host plants of several herb-feeding Cerambycidae mainly from east Mediterranean region (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Biocosme Mésogéen 17 (4): 263-294, 2001. [download ]

Özdikmen H. and Turgut S.:
An overview on the W-palaearctic subgenus Phytoecia (Helladia) Fairmaire, 1864 with a new subspecies Phytoecia (Helladia) humeralis caneri ssp. n. from Turkey (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 5 (2): 317-343, 2010. [download ]