| Phytoecia pontica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Subfamily: | Lamiinae |
| Tribe: | Saperdini |
| Genus: | Phytoecia |
| Species: | P. pontica |
| Binomial name | |
| Phytoecia pontica Ganglbauer, 1884 | |
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Phytoecia pontica is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Ganglbauer in 1884. It is known from Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Syria, and Turkey. It feeds on Onopordum macrocephalum . [1]
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