Brachyta interrogationis (Linnaeus, 1758)
[= Evodinus interrogationis (Linnaeus, 1758)]

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE  /  Tribus: RHAGIINI

Brachyta interrogationis - nominate yellow form; male
Photo © M.Hoskovec 		Brachyta interrogationis - black form; female

Body length:9 - 19 mm
Life cycle:1 - 2 years
Adults in:May - August
Host plant:Geranium sylvaticum, Paeonia, Euphorbia
Distribution:Central and North Europe, France, Russia, Caucasus

The prepared beetle (nominate yellow form) was found on flowers in Novosibirsk (NE Russia). The living beetles (black form) were collected on the host plant (Geranium sylvaticum) in Kovářská (altitude 800 m, Krušné Mts., NW Bohemia, Czech Republic).

Collected by M.Hoskovec (Czech Republic) and L.Novikov (Russia).

Brachyta interrogationis - black form; female


Brachyta interrogationis - black form; female
Photo © M.Hoskovec


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