ssp. jankovskyi Danilevsky, 2007
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: CALLICHROMATINI
[Photo © David Navrátil, click on the picture for 4K resolution]
Aromia moschata jankovskyi, an interesting endemic Kyrgyz subspecies of Aromia moschata (Linnaeus, 1758), has been described from west slope of Fergana ridge (Kyrgyzstan) by Mikhail Leontievich Danilevsky in 2007 [▽]. The biology of A. moschata jankovskyi is essentially identical to the nominate subspecies.
Aromia moschata was described from Sweden as Cerambyx moschatus by Carl Linné in 1758 [✮].
Body length: 25 - 35 mm Life cycle: 2 - 3 years Adults in: July - August Host plant: primarily in willows (Salix) Distribution: an endemic subspecies to Kyrgyzstan
The depicted beetles were collected near Terek-Suu (Терек-Суу) village (N40°32′15″ E73°51′40″; 1670 m a.s.l., Kara-Kulja district, Osh region, Kyrgyzstan) on July 3, 2026.Collected by Walter and Mario Grosser
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Danilevsky M.L.:
New species of genus Cortodera Mulsant, 1863 from East Kazakhstan and two new subspecies of Aromia moschata (Linnaeus, 1758) from Central Asia (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 3 (1): 47-49, 2007. [download]
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Linné C.:
Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis.
Systema naturae (Editio 10) Laur. Salvius, Holmiae 1: 824pp [page 391], 1758. [download
[Photo © Walter Grosser]
| Subfamilia | Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Callichromatini Blanchard, 1845 |
| Genus | Aromia Audinet-Serville, 1833 |
| Species | Aromia moschata (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Subspecies | Aromia moschata jankovskyi Danilevsky, 2007 |