Purpuricenus kaehleri (Linnaeus, 1758)
ssp. kaehleri (Linnaeus, 1758)

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: TRACHYDERINI
Purpuricenus kaehleri kaehleri
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Body length:10 - 22 mm
Life cycle:2 - 3 years
Adults in:May - August
Host plant:polyphagous in deciduous trees (Quercus, Ulmus, Paliurus, Salix, Castanea etc.)
Distribution:Europe, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Turkey, Near East, North Iran


The depicted beetles were collected on a blossoming Christ's thorn (Paliurus spina-christi) in Leptokaria (NE Greece).

Collected by M.Hoskovec


Purpuricenus kaehleri kaehleri
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Purpuricenus kaehleri kaehleri
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

Subfamilia: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Trachyderini Dupont, 1836
Genus: Purpuricenus Dejean, 1821
Species: Purpuricenus kaehleri (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies: Purpuricenus kaehleri kaehleri (Linnaeus, 1758)