Agapanthia (Synthapsia) kirbyi (Gyllenhal, 1817)

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: AGAPANTHIINI
Agapanthia kirbyi
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Agapanthia kirbyi
[Photo © P.Jelínek]



Body length:14 - 28 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:May - June
Host plant:mulleins (Verbascum spp.)
Distribution:Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Hungary, South and SE Europe, Caucasus, Turkey, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine


The depicted beetles were collected on the host plant, mullein (Verbascum densiflorum), in Khndzoresk (Խնձորեսկ; 1290 m, Syunik province, SE Armenia).

Collected by M.Hoskovec and P.Jelínek


Agapanthia kirbyi
Agapanthia kirbyi
Agapanthia kirbyi
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Agapanthiini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Agapanthia Audinet-Serville, 1835
Subgenus: Synthapsia Pesarini et Sabbadini, 2004
Species: Agapanthia (Synthapsia) kirbyi (Gyllenhal, 1817)