Purpuricenus interscapillatus sasanus Kadlec, 2006
habitat & biology

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[Photo © David Navrátil]

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A typical rocky steppe/pasture habitat of Purpuricenus interscapillatus sasanus Kadlec, 2006 with shrubs of Acer monspessulanum cinerascens (Dorūd environs, 1745 m a.s.l., Dorūd county, Lorestan Province, West Iran).

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[Photo © David Navrátil]

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↑ - The Montpellier maple Acer monspessulanum cinerascens), host tree of P. interscapillatus sasanus.

↓ - Infested maple shrub with dead or dying terminal twigs, in detail pictures: exit hole and broken girdled terminal twigs with larval galleries
      (larva of P. i. s. girdles the twig to interrupt flow of sap and develops in the dead part of the twig).

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[Photo © David Navrátil]

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[Photo © David Navrátil]

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↑ - Pupa of P. interscapillatus sasanus in the opened pupal cell.
↓ - Immature P. interscapillatus sasanus in the opened pupal cell.

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[Photo © David Navrátil]

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