Trichodes affinis Chevrolat, 1843
Samos ● Greece


Description: Pronotum evenly, densely and coarsely punctuate, dull. Elytra with apical spot situated entirely within the orange ground colour, posterior band reaching the lateral margin. Hind femora strongly thickened; hind tibiae distinctly curved.

Distribution: Greece (not Crete), Turkey, Syria, Palestine, Israel, Egypt.

The flower is Artedia squamata L. or Crown Flower, Madonna flower (Family: Apiaceae)



References:
Gerstmeier R., 1998. Checkered Beetles, Illustrated Key to the Cleridae of the Western Palaeartic, Margraf Verlag, Germany. ISBN 3-8236-1175-5

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