Purpuricenus budensis (Götz, 1783)
ssp. budensis (Götz, 1783)

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: PURPURICENINI

Purpuricenus budensis budensis



Body length:10 - 20 mm
Life cycle:2 - 3 years
Adults in:May - August
Host plant:polyphagous in deciduous trees (Prunus, Quercus, Ulmus, Paliurus, Salix, Pistacia etc.)
Distribution:South Europe, Slovakia, Hungary, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Turkey, Near East, North Iran

The depicted beetles were collected on a blossoming Christ's thorn (Paliurus spina-christi) in Leptokaria (NE Greece).

Collected by M.Hoskovec.



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MH & MR © March 12, 2007