Purpuricenus kaehleri (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: PURPURICENINI
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Photo © M.Hoskovec
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.
Photo © M.Hoskovec
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