Musaria affinis (Harrer, 1784)
[= Phytoecia nigripes (Voet, 1778)]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: PHYTOECIINI

musaria affinis

Photo © M.Hoskovec


Body length:9 - 16 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:May - July
Host plant:oligophagous in Apiaceae plants (Chaerophyllum, Pastinacia, Bupleurum etc.)
Distribution:Europe except North, Russia, Caucasus, Transcaucasia

The depicted beetles were collected on Bupleurum sp. (Apiaceae) in Litohoro (NE Greece).

Collected by M.Hoskovec.



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MH & MR © September 9, 2007