Opsilia coerulescens

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Cladus: Phytophaga
Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Cerambycidae
Subfamilia: Lamiinae
Tribus: Phytoeciini
Genus: Opsilia
Species: Opsilia coerulescens
Name

Opsilia coerulescens Scopoli, 1763
References

Tribe Phytoeciini: Phytoecia (Opsilia) coerulescens (Scopoli, 1763) - scanography by Oleg Berlov
Özdikmen, H.; Turgut, S. 2008: A review of the genus Opsilia Mulsant, 1862 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) with a new record to the fauna of Turkey, Opsilia molybdaena (Dalman, 1817). Munis Entomology & Zoology 3 (1): 191–198. [1]

Opsilia coerulescens is a gray coloured species of a beetle from family longhorn beetle, subfamily Lamiinae.[1]

Development

They feed on Echium species, including Echium vulgare and Echium italicum.
Subspecies

Phytoecia coerulescens coerulescens (Scopoli, 1763)
Phytoecia coerulescens cretensis Breuning, 1947

References

Description