Agapanthia (Agapanthia) cardui (Linnaeus, 1767)
[= Agapanthia pannonica Kratochvíl, 1985; ❖]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: AGAPANTHIINI
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
[= Agapanthia pannonica Kratochvíl, 1985; ❖]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: AGAPANTHIINI

[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]

[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)