ssp. praetextata (Steven, 1817)
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: SAPERDINI
[Photo © Sergei O. Kakunin]
Phytoecia praetextata, a species widespread from the Balkans through Turkey to the Caucasus and Transcaucaisa, has been described from Crimea as Saperda prætextata by Christian von Steven in 1817 [✧]. According to M. Rejzek et al. [❖] in Syria Phytoecia (Helladia) praetextata praetextata develops in Lapsana communis Linnaeus (Asteraceae).
Body length: 7 - 12 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: April - June Host plant: Lapsana communis Distribution: South-Eastern Europe (Bulgaria, Romania, South parts of European Russia, Ukraine and European Turkey), Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia) and Asian Turkey
The depicted beetles (♂ 7.7 mm / ♀ 9.5 mm) were collected under Mount Agarmysh (Агармыш) near Staryi Krym (N45°01′06″ E35°03′01″; Kirovske district, Crimea) on May 14, 2012.Collected by R.V.Filimonov
[✧]
Christian von Steven in Schönherr C.J.:
Appendix ad C. J. Schönherr Synonymiam Insectorum. Descriptiones Novarum Specierum Insectorum.
Scaris, Officina Lewerentziana 1 (3): 266pp, 1817. [download]
[❖]
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. [downloadÖzdikmen 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
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Saperdini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Phytoecia Pic, 1892 |
| Subgenus | Helladia Fairmaire, 1864 |
| Species | Phytoecia (Helladia) praetextata (Steven, 1817) |
| Subspecies | Phytoecia (Helladia) praetextata praetextata (Steven, 1817) |