Naming
Synonyms:Zonitis mutica Scriba, 1790
Zonitis mahia Huebner, 1789
Mylabris fulva Rossi, 1792
Lymexylon ligurica Schellenberg, 1802
Zonitis gibbicollis Abeille de Perrin, 1880
Zonitis seminigra Reitter, 1884
Zonitis biimpressa Chevrolat, 1882
Zonitis gracilenta Fairmaire, 1892
Zonitis silvestrii Schatzmayr, 1941
Zonitis scutellaris Escherich, 1897
Zonitis prescutellaris Pic, 1911
Distribution
Southern EuropeReproduction
Larvae are predaceous feeding on the provisions and immature stages of various wild bees - anthidiine, megachiline and osmiine Megachilidae. The eggs are laid under the flowers or bracts. Egg incubation period ranges from 4 to 6 days. First-stage larvae attach themselves to bees collecting pollen and are carried to the nest.Food
Adults are phytophagous and often destructive.References:
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http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/species/133084http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~legneref/identify/meloidae.htm
http://www.accademiaentomologia.it/rendiconti/2011/04c%20Bologna.pdf
