''Phytoecia rufipes'' is a species of

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in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Guillaume-Antoine Olivier in 1795. It has a wide distribution in

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and the

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. It feeds on ''

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Subspecies

* ''Phytoecia rufipes latior'' Pic, 1895 * ''Phytoecia rufipes bangi'' Pic, 1901 * ''Phytoecia rufipes rufipes'' (Olivier, 1795)

References

Phytoecia Beetles described in 1795 {{Phytoecia-stub