Phytoecia (Musaria) cephalotes Küster, 1846
habitat & biology
Phytoecia (Musaria) cephalotes - locality
[Photo © David Navrátil]

↑ - Meadows and pastures with Trinia glauca - a typical habitat of Phytoecia cephalotes (karst plateau in Buzet environs, Istria, Croatia).
↓ - Freshly emerged Phytoecia cephalotes with open pupal cell at Trinia plant.

Phytoecia (Musaria) cephalotes - trinia
[Photo © David Navrátil]
Phytoecia (Musaria) cephalotes - cocoon
[Photo © František Kovařík]

↑ - Freshly emerged Phytoecia cephalotes with the cocoon serving as a perfect pupa shelter.
↓ - Trinia dalechampii (Ten.) Janch. (Apiaceae), the host plant of Phytoecia cephalotes.

Phytoecia (Musaria) cephalotes - cocoon
[Photo © Alena Vydrová & Vít Grulich; botany.cz]