Phytoecia (Helladia) praetextata (Steven, 1817)
ssp. praetextata (Steven, 1817)

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: PHYTOECIINI
Phytoecia praetextata praetextata
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

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


[❖]
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 pdf icon]


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 pdf icon]


Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Phytoeciini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Phytoecia Dejean, 1835
Subgenus: Helladia Fairmaire, 1864
Species: Phytoecia (Helladia) praetextata (Steven, 1817)
Subspecies: Phytoecia (Helladia) praetextata praetextata (Steven, 1817)