[= Opsilia malachitica (Lucas, 1849)]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: SAPERDINI
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Beautiful Phytoecia malachitica, a species occuring in the South-Western Mediterranean, has been described from Arzew (Algeria) by Pierre Hippolyte Lucas in 1849 [▽]. Developmental stages and biology of this interesting species, developing in Boraginaceae plants (Cerinthe major, Cynoglossum clandestinum), were described in detail by Antonio Verdugo and José Hernández in 2001 [❖].
Body length: 5 - 10,5 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: January - March Host plant: Boraginaceae (Cerinthe major, Cynoglossum clandestinum) Distribution: Italy, Portugal, Spain, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
The depicted beetles were collected in: ♂ Dos Hermanas environs (Seville province, Andalusia, Spain) on April 2, 2015; ♀ "La Sua" - Rio Guadaira (Seville province, Andalusia, Spain) on February 4, 1996.Collected by Teodoro Alcantara and J.Navarro
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Lucas P.H.:
Histoire Naturelle des animaux articulés. Coléoptères.
In Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842.
Sciences Physiques et Zoologie II. (Deuxième partie. Insectes) [1846] 2: 590pp, 1849. [download]
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Verdugo A. and Hernández J.M.: 2001.
Descripción de los estados inmaduros de Opsilia malachitica (Lucas, 1849) y datos sobre su ciclo biológico en algunas poblaciones de la provincia de Cádiz, sur de la Península Ibérica (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae).
Elytron 15: 31-42, 2001. [download
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Saperdini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Phytoecia Pic, 1892 |
| Subgenus | Opsilia Mulsant, 1863 |
| Species | Phytoecia (Opsilia) malachitica Lucas, 1849 |