Brachyta (Fasciobrachyta) balcanica, a striking rare species occuring in Balcan Peninsula and Turkey, has been described from "Balkan" as Pachyta balcanica by Clemens Hampe in 1871 [✮].
Larvae of B. balcanica develop in roots of Paeonia peregrina. Adults, active from early April to early June, are diurnal and anthophilous (can be found on flowers of the host plant).
| Body length: | 14 - 20 mm |
| Life cycle: | unknown |
| Adults in: | April - June |
| Host plant: | peony (Paeonia peregrina) |
| Distribution: | Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Turkey |
The depicted beetle was collected in Dasikó Chorió (Δασικο Χωριο) environs
(N40°55′32″ E24°12′39″; 570 m a.s.l., Eleftheroupoli/Ελευθερούπολη, Kavala regional unit,
East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece) on June 7, 2015.
Collected by Tamás Németh
[✮]
Hampe C.:
Beshreibungen einiger neuer Käfer.
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 14 (3-4) [1870]: 331-336, 1871.
[download 
]
Rapuzzi P., Manci C., Gradinarov D.:
Brachyta (Fasciobrachyta) bureschi (Kantardjieva-Minkova, 1957): a distinct species from North East Bulgaria and South East Romania (North East Balkan Penisula) (Coleoptera Cerambycidae Lepturinae Rhagiini).
Biodiversity Journal 11 (4): 903-912, 2020.
[download ]
