[= Pygoptosia eugeniae (Ganglbauer, 1884)]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: PHYTOECIINI
[Photo © David Navrátil]
According to Martin Rejzek et al. [✧] Phytoecia (Pygoptosia) eugeniae develops in Centaurea behen (Asteraceae).
Body length: 16 - 22 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: May - June Host plant: Centaurea behen Distribution: Iran, Turkey [❖]
The depicted mounted beetles were collected by David Navrátil on Centaurea behen in Saqqez (سقز) environs (1484 m a.s.l., Zagros Mts., Saqqez county, Ostān-e Kordestān province, NW Iran) on May 27, 2017. The living specimen was photographed by our friend Karel Hodek in Iran.
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Rejzek M., Sama G., Alziar G.:
Host plants of several herb-feeding Cerambycidae mainly from east Mediterranean region (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Biocosme Mésogéen 17 (4): 263-294, 2001. [download]
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Tezcan S., Karsavuran Y., Pehlivan E. and Özdikmen H.:
Catalogue of Longhorned Beetles of Lemt (Lodos Entomological Museum, Turkey) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Part II: Lamiinae and Dorcadioninae.
Munis Entomology & Zoology 15 (1): 145-170, 2020. [download
[Photo © K.Hodek]
Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Phytoeciini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Phytoecia Dejean, 1835
Subgenus: Pygoptosia Reitter, 1895
Species: Phytoecia (Pygoptosia) eugeniae Ganglbauer, 1884