Agapanthia (Agapanthia) cardui (Linnaeus, 1767)
[= Agapanthia pannonica Kratochvíl, 1985; ❖]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: AGAPANTHIINI
Agapanthia cardui
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Body length:6 - 14 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:April - July
Host plant:polyphagous in various herbaceous plants (Carduus, Cirsium, Knautia, Centranthus, Silybum)
Distribution:Europe, Kazakhstan, Turkey


The depicted beetles were collected on Cirsium sp. in area of Perivoli village (SW of Corfu Island, Greece).

Collected by M.Hoskovec


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Sama G.:
Notes on the genus Agapanthia Serville, 1835 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Agapanthiini).
Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 42: 123-127, 2008. [download pdf icon]

Agapanthia cardui
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Agapanthiini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Agapanthia Audinet-Serville, 1835
Subgenus: Agapanthia Audinet-Serville, 1835
Species: Agapanthia (Agapanthia) cardui (Linnaeus, 1767)