Phytoecia (Opsilia) transcaspica Fuchs, 1955

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: SAPERDINI
Phytoecia transcaspica
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Phytoecia transcaspica, relatively little known and collected Opsilia living in Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan), has been described from Balkan region of Turkmenistan by Ernst Fuchs in 1955 [▽].

Body length:8 - 10 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:May - June
Host plant:unknown, probably Boraginaceae
Distribution:Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan


The depicted beetle was collected in Turkmenistan.


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Fuchs E.:
Ergebnisse einer Revision der Cerambyciden des Naturhistorischen Museums, 1. Teil.
Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 60: 228-229, 1955. [download pdf icon]

Kasatkin Denis G.:
A new species of the genus Phytoecia Dejean, 1835 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Afghanistan.
Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 9 (2): 265, 2009.
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SubfamiliaLamiinae Latreille, 1825
TribusSaperdini Mulsant, 1839
GenusPhytoecia Pic, 1892
SubgenusOpsilia Mulsant, 1863
SpeciesPhytoecia (Opsilia) transcaspica Fuchs, 1955