Phytoecia caerulea

Phytoecia caerulea
	A blue specimen. Green or gray morphs are also found.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Cerambycidae
Genus:	Phytoecia
Species:	P. caerulea
Binomial name
	Phytoecia caerulea; (Scopoli, 1772)
Synonyms
	Phytoecia rufimana (Schrank) Villiers, 1974; Phytoecia flavimana (Creutzer) Méquignon, 1907; Phytoecia coerulea (Scopoli); Leptura caerulea Scopoli, 1772; Saperda flavimana Creutzer, 1796; Saperda rufimana Schrank, 1789; Saperda coelestis Townson, 1797;

Phytoecia caerulea is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Scopoli in 1772, originally under the genus Leptura. It has a wide distribution in Europe.^[1]

Subspecies

Phytoecia caerulea caerulea (Scopoli, 1772)
Phytoecia caerulea bethseba Reiche & Saulcy, 1858
Phytoecia caerulea gilvimana Ménétriés, 1832

References

^ BioLib.cz - Phytoecia caerulea. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.

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[1] BioLib.cz - Phytoecia caerulea. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.

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