Mallosia (Eumallosia) armeniaca Pic, 1897
[= Semnosia caucasica (Pic, 1898)]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: PHYTOECIINI
Mallosia armeniaca
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Body length:15 - 40 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:May - June
Host plant:Ferula spp. and Prangos spp. (Apiaceae)
Distribution:Armenia, Iran, Turkey


The depicted beetles were collected on the host plant in Arayi Ler Mt. (Արա լեռ; Kotayk Province, Armenia).

Collected by M.Kalashian


Danilevsky M.L.:
New taxa of the genus Mallosia (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from Transcaucasia.
Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 87: 363-367, 1990. [download pdf icon]


Özdikmen H. and Aytar F.:
Subgeneric arrangement of Mallosia Mulsant, 1862 with three new subgenera, and a new species from Turkey (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 7 (2): 653-662, 2012. [download pdf icon]


Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Phytoeciini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Mallosia Mulsant, 1863
Subgenus: Eumallosia Danilevsky, 1990
Species: Mallosia (Eumallosia) armeniaca Pic, 1897