Body length:	8 - 12 mm
Life cycle:	1 year [?]
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	Gundelia tournefortii
Distribution:	Armenia, Turkey, Near East

The depicted specimen of Cortodera syriaca was collected [✧] on Gundelia tournefortii in the peak region of Nemrut Dagi Mt. (Adiyaman prov., Anatolia, SE Turkey). According to Rejzek et al. [❖] in Turkey Cortodera syriaca develops in Gundelia tournefortii Linnaeus (Asteraceae).

Collected by M.Hoskovec

---

[✧]
Rejzek M. and Hoskovec M.:
Cerambycidae of Nemrut Dagi National Park (Anatolia, South-East Turkey).
Biocosme Mésogéen, Nice 15 (4): 257-272, 1999. [download ]

[❖]
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 ]