Pteromallosia albolineata (Hampe, 1852)
[= Conizonia (Pteromallosia) albolineata (Hampe, 1852)]
[= Phytoecia (Conizonia) fulvolineata Reitter, 1891]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: PHYTOECIINI

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[Photo © Michal Hoskovec]

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Pteromallosia albolineata, a striking species widespread in Armenia, Azerbaidjan, Iran and Turkey, has been described from Iran as Phytoecia albo-lineata by Clemens Hampe in 1852 [✧]. According to Martin Rejzek et al. in Turkey P. albolineata develops in Echinops sp. (Asteraceae) and sg. Cynarae (Asteraceae) [❖].

Body length:	15 - 21 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May - July
Host plant:	Echinops scovitzi, sg. Cynarae and other thistles
Distribution:	Armenia, Azerbaidjan, Iran and Turkey

The living beetle was photographed on its host plant in mountain meadows ca 4.5 km south of Kajaran (Քաջարան, Syunik prov., South Armenia).

Collected by Michal Hoskovec

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[✧]
Hampe C.:
Verzeichniß der von mir im Kaukasus, in Trans-Kaukasien, Armenien, Kurdistan und West-Persien gesammelten und von Dr. Hampe bestimmten Koleopteren.
In: Moritz Wagner - Reise nach Persien und dem Lande der Kurden 2: 302-315, 1852. [download ]

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Rejzek M., Sama G., Alziar G.:
Host plants of several herb-feeding Cerambycidae mainly from east Mediterranean region (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Biocosme Mésogéen 17 (4): 263-294, 2001. [download ]

Breuning Stephan:
Revision von 35 Gattungen aus der Gruppe der Saperdini Muls. (Col. Cerambycidae).
Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey, Tutzing bei München 5 (2): 401-567, 1954.
[download ]

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[Photo © Michal Hoskovec]

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Subfamilia	Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus	Saperdini Mulsant, 1839
Genus	Pteromallosia Pic, 1900
Species	Pteromallosia albolineata (Hampe, 1852)