ssp. alziari (Sama, 1992)
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: PHYTOECIINI
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Body length: 8 - 13 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: March - May Host plant: Dittrichia viscosa (Asteraceae) Distribution: Crete, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
The depicted beetles were collected on their host plant near Mathikoloni (10 km N of Limassol, Cyprus).Collected by M.Hoskovec
Sama G.:
Descrizione di nuovi Cerambycidae dell'isola di Cipro (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Lambillionea 92 (4): 297-307, 1992.
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]
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Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Phytoeciini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Phytoecia Dejean, 1835
Subgenus: Helladia Fairmaire, 1864
Species: Phytoecia (Helladia) millefolii millefolii (Adams, 1817)
Subspecies: Phytoecia (Helladia) millefolii alziari (Sama, 1992)