Photo © M.Hoskovec and D. Bernardin

Body length:	7 - 14 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	April - June
Host plant:	Trinia glauca, Sesseli montanum (preferred host plant in France, H. Brustel, personal commun.)
Distribution:	France, Spain, NW Italy, SW Germany

The depicted mounted beetle was found on the ground near its host plant in North France. The living beetle was collected in Gensac s/G (France). According to Sturani, 1981 Musaria rubropunctata develops in Trinia glauca (Apiaceae).

Collected by M.Rejzek and H. Brustel.