Phytoecia (Musaria) rubropunctata (Goeze, 1777)

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: PHYTOECIINI

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[Photo © P.Jelínek]

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According to Sturani [❖] Phytoecia (Musaria) rubropunctata develops in Trinia glauca (Apiaceae).

Body length:	7 - 14 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	April - June
Host plant:	Trinia glauca, Seseli montanum (preferred host plant in France, H. Brustel, personal commun.)
Distribution:	Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine

The depicted beetles were found on its host plant at Bollenberg hill (Westhalten env., Alsace, North France).

Collected by P.Jelínek

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Sturani C.:
Notizie biologiche e corologiche su alcuni Coleotteri Cerambicidi d'Italia, specialmente delle regioni settentrionali, insulari e limitrofe.
Rivista piemontese di storia naturale 2: 17-54, 1981. [download ]

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Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Phytoeciini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Phytoecia Dejean, 1835
Subgenus: Musaria J. Thomson, 1864
Species: Phytoecia (Musaria) rubropunctata (Goeze, 1777)