In Turkey Phytoecia (Musaria) astarte astarte is regularly collected on a Cirsium sp. (Asteraceae) which most likely serves as its host plant [❖].

Body length:	9 - 18 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May - July
Host plant:	thistles (Cirsium sp.)
Distribution:	South Turkey, Near East

The depicted beetled were collected in Hasanbeyli (South Turkey).

Collected by M.Rejzek

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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 ]

Özdikmen H. and Turgut S.:
A review of the genus Musaria Thomson, 1864 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Turkey with zoogeographical remarks.
Munis Entomology & Zoology 2 (2): 511-516, 2007. [download ]