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I found 4 specimens of this species and I don't have any good quality picture or a description of it. If it is A. cytisi it would be a new species for Romania. I presume it is A. cytisi because I collected them from Cytisus nigricans (see below). Length = 7-8 mm.
Male dorsal

Male lateral

Male 2 dorsal

Female dorsal

Female ventral

Slopes with vegetation (Biotop)

Cytisus nigricans - the host plant

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Ciao
Adrian

Adrian, ci vuole Gianfranco comunque a me pare più un antiquus/croaticus.

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Francesco Izzillo

I am not sure, but it doesn't seem Agrilus cytisi. On the inner margin of each elytron there is a pubescent strip?

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Maurizio Gigli
http://utenti.romascuola.net/bups
http://bup.xoom.it/

No pubescence strip near the suture. Just uniform sparse pubescence over the all elytra surface.

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Ciao
Adrian

It's not A. cytisi. I think Francesco is right.

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Maurizio Gigli
http://utenti.romascuola.net/bups
http://bup.xoom.it/

Then the single possibility is to be Agrilus (Spiragrilus) croaticus Abeille de Perrin, 1897. I wait for Gianfranco's opinion. Thank you Maurizio and Francesco.

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Ciao
Adrian

Sperando che lo veda Gianfranco ...

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Maurizio Gigli
http://utenti.romascuola.net/bups
http://bup.xoom.it/

Hi Adrian,
in my opinion it is a specimen of A. croaticus

Thank you for the confirmation. In a while I got the guide of the Agrilus of France by Farrugia and I have seen my specimens are different from Agrilus cytisi. So it is Agrilus (Spiragrilus) croaticus Abeille de Perrin, 1897.
Please, modify the title of this post. Thank you.

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Ciao
Adrian