Purpuricenus desfontainii inhumeralis Pic, 1891b

family CERAMBYCIDAE Latreille, 1802
subfamily Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
tribe Purpuricenini J. Thomson, 1861
genus Purpuricenus Dejean, 1821
desfontainii inhumeralis Pic, 1891b

Purpuricenus desfontainii inhumeralis Pic, 1891b

Distribution:
EUROPE - GR TR ASIA - JO IS SY TR

Body length: 10 - 20 mm
Life cycle: 2 - 3 years
Adults in: May - July
Host plant: polyphagous in deciduous trees and shrubs
Distribution: Greece and Turkey

The depicted beetles were collected on various flowers and blossoming shrubs (Hieracium, Chaerophyllum, Verbascum, Sarothamnus etc.) in Neo Ithilo (Lakoonia nomos, SW of Peloponnese peninsula, Greece).