Phytoecia (Paracoptosia) urartica Kasatkin, 2015
[= Phytoecia (Coptosia) urartica Kasatkin, 2015]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: PHYTOECIINI

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[Photo © P.Jelínek]

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The species was recently described by Denis Kasatkin from Iran [❖], it was later moved into a newly estabilished subgenus Paracoptosia by Mikhail Danilevsky in 2017 [✩].

Body length:	10 - 11 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	probably Moltkia sp. (Boraginaceae)
Distribution:	Eastern Turkey, Western Iran, South-Eastern Azerbaijan

The depicted beetle was collected on the host plant in West Iran.

Collected by P.Jelínek

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[❖]
Kasatkin D.G.:
A new species of the genus Phytoecia Dejean, 1835 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from the Near East.
Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 11 (1): 43–44, 2015. [download ]

[✩]
Danilevsky M.L.:
A New Subgenus of the Longicorn Genus Phytoecia Dejean, 1835 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from the Palaearctic Region.
Entomological Review 97 (8): 1137-1139, 2017. [download ]

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[Photo © P.Jelínek]

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Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Phytoeciini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Phytoecia Dejean, 1835
Subgenus: Paracoptosia Danilevsky, 2017
Species: Phytoecia (Paracoptosia) urartica Kasatkin, 2015