Phytoecia (Helladia) armeniaca was reported by Gianfanco Sama et al. [❖] to be associated with Scorzonera alpigena Grossh. (Asteraceae).

Body length:	8 - 12 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	Scorzonera alpigena
Distribution:	Armenia, Iran, Syria, Turkey

The depicted mounted specimen interesting and rare beetle was captured on wing in summit plateaus of Nemrut Dagi Mt. (Adiyaman prov., Anatolia, SE Turkey)., the living one was photographed in in Buğlan Geçidi pass (1600 m; 40 km NNW Muş, Eastern Turkey).

Collected by M.Hoskovec and M.Švarc

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Sama G., Buse J., Orbach E., Friedman A.-L.-L., Rittner O., Chikatunov V.:
A new catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of Israel with notes on their distribution and host plants.
Munis Entomology & Zoology 5 (1): 1-51, 2010. [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 ]