Phytoecia (Helladia) euimperialis, species which is very close to Iranian sister taxa Phytoecia (Helladia) imperialis (Sama & Rejzek, 2001)
and Phytoecia (Helladia) dorud (Sama G., Rapuzzi P. & Rejzek M., 2007) [✧], was described by Fardin Faizi and Mikhail Danilevsky from Bardeh Sepi (N35°31′09″ E46°24′29″;
Marivan county, Ostān-e Kordestān province, Iran; captured on May 12, 2017) in 2020 [❖].
| Body length: | ♂♂ 9-12 mm / ♀♀ 8-11 mm |
| Life cycle: | 1 year |
| Adults in: | Μαy - June |
| Host plant: | unknown (Centaurea behen ?) |
| Distribution: | species endemic to Iran |
The depicted specimen was collected on leaf of Centaurea behen in Dezlii environs (1332 m a.s.l., Ostān-e Kordestān province, Iran) on May 26, 2017.
Collected by David Navrátil
[✧]
Sama G., Rapuzzi P. and Rejzek M.:
New or interesting Phytoeciini from the Middle East, especially from Iran (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Folia Heyrovskyana) (Series A), 14 (4): 163-179, 2007.
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[❖]
Faizi F., Danilevsky M.L., Ghobari H. and Nozari J.:
Two new species of Phytoecia Dejean, 1835 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from Iran.
Zootaxa 4868 (4): 91–595, 2020.
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