Purpuricenus kaehleri (Linnaeus, 1758)
ssp. kaehleri (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: TRACHYDERINI
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
ssp. kaehleri (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: TRACHYDERINI

[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

[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

[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)