Field surveys document the interaction of Graphosoma italicum with Smyrnium cordifolium, indicating ecological significance.
Graphosoma italicum, is an aposematic species associated with Apiaceae. During field surveys conducted in Arapkir (Malatya Province, Eastern Anatolia), 130 adults of G. italicum were recorded on Smyrnium cordifolium Boissier, 1846, a rare and localized medicinal Apiacea. This is the first documented interaction between G. italicum and S. cordifolium.
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