Body length:	10 - 20 mm
Life cycle:	2 - 3 years
Adults in:	May - August
Host plant:	polyphagous in deciduous trees (Quercus calliprinos, Rhamnus palaestina)
Distribution:	Cyprus, Israel, Syria, Turkey

The depicted beetle was collected in Turkey.

Collected by M.Rejzek

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Rapuzzi P. and Sama G.:
Revision of the Purpuricenus interscapillatus species - group and allied taxa (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Fragmenta entomologica, Roma 45 (1-2): 143-171, 2013. [download ]