Phytoecia caerulea

Phytoecia caerulea
A blue specimen. Green or gray morphs are also found.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
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

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