Exocentrus pseudopunctipennis, a species occuring in Transcaucasia, Iran and Turkmenistan, has been described from Nowshahr environs (North Iran) by Carolus Holzschuh in 1979 [✧].

Body length:	4.2 - 6.6 mm
Life cycle:	1 - 2 years
Adults in:	May - July
Host plant:	polyphagous on deciduous trees (e.g. Tilia)
Distribution:	Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Turkmenistan

The depicted beetle was collected 28 km SW Dedoplistskaro (დედოფლისწყარო; Kakheti region, Georgia) on May 25-26, 2016.

Collected by our friend Milan Šárovec

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[✧]
Holzschuh C.:
Vier neue Bockkäfer aus der Palaearktischen Region (Col., Cerambycidae)
Koleopterologische Rundschau, Wien 54: 113-118, 1979. [download ]

Sama G.:
Exocentrus ritae n.sp. della Turchia orientale (2° Contributo alla conoscenza dei Cerambicidi di Grecia e Asia Minore) (Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Lavori della Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali 10: 65-67, 1985. [download ]