Purpuricenus kaehleri (Linnaeus, 1758)

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: PURPURICENINI

Purpuricenus kaehleri
Photo © M.Hoskovec


Purpuricenus kaehleri
Photo © M.Hoskovec


Body length:10 - 22 mm
Life cycle:2 - 3 years
Adults in:May - August
Host plant:polyphagous in deciduous trees (Quercus, Ulmus, Paliurus, Salix, Castanea etc.)
Distribution:Europe, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Turkey, Near East, North Iran

The mounted beetles were collected on a dead Christ's thorn (Paliurus spina-christi) in Leptokaria (NE Greece). The living one was reared from larva collected in Turkey.

Collected by M.Hoskovec and M.Rejzek.


Purpuricenus kaehleri
Photo © M.Hoskovec



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