Body length:	10 - 22 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	a particular thistle species currently under determination (Asteraceae)
Distribution:	Greece, Macedonia, Albania [❖]

The depicted beetles were collected on their host plant near Kastania (1400 m, Taygetos Mts., Lakoonia nomos, SW of Peloponnese peninsula, Greece).

Collected by M.Hoskovec

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Rapuzzi P. and Sama G.:
Contributo alla conoscenza dei Cerambycidae di Albania (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Atti del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste 55: 181-234, 2012. [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 ]