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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Cerambycidae |
Tribe: | Saperdini |
Genus: | Phytoecia |
Species: | P. scutellata
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Binomial name | |
Phytoecia scutellata (
Fabricius, 1793)
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Phytoecia scutellata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793, originally under the genus Saperda. It has a wide distribution in Europe, although its populations in Germany and the Czech Republic are reportedly extinct. It measures between 7 and 14 mm (0.28 and 0.55 in). [1]
P. scutellata feeds on Falcaria vulgaris. [1]