ssp. dahli (Richter, 1820)
[= Agapanthia gyllenhali Ganglbauer, 1883]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: AGAPANTHIINI
Agapanthia dahli dahli ♂ [Photo © Daniel Rydzi]
Agapanthia dahli, widely distributed xerophilic European and Mediterranean species, has bes described from Hungary as Saperda Dahlii by C. F. W. Richter in 1821 [❖]. A. dahli is a typical xerophilous species inhabiting forest-steppes, steppes, uncultivated orchards and gardens, or ruderal areas. The larvae develop in the inner parts of the stems of the host herbs. Life cycle at least 1 year. Adults, active from late April to early August (depends on region), can be found on host plants [✮].
Body length: 10 - 22 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: April - August Host plant: polyphagous in herbaceous plants (Carduus, Onopordon, Cirsium, Heracleum, Daucus, Ferula etc.) Distribution: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, France, Hungary, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Turkey
The depicted beetles were photographed in Valtice environs (Břeclav district, South Moravia, Czechia) on June 15, 2023.Collected by Daniel Rydzi
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Richter C.F.W.:
Supplementa faunae Insectorum Europaeae.
Schöne, Vratislaviae 2: 3 + 12pp, 1821.[✮]
Sláma M.E.F.:
Tesaříkovití – Cerambycidae České republiky a Slovenské republiky / Cerambycidae of the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.
Milan Sláma private printing, Krhanice, 383pp [pages 350-351], 1998 [ISBN: 80-238-2627-1]. [download]
Agapanthia dahli dahli ♂ [Photo © Daniel Rydzi]
Agapanthia dahli dahli ♀ [Photo © Daniel Rydzi]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Agapanthiini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Agapanthia Audinet-Serville, 1835 |
| Subgenus | Epoptes Gistl, 1857 |
| Species | Agapanthia (Epoptes) dahli (Richter, 1820) |
| Subspecies | Agapanthia (Epoptes) dahli dahli (Richter, 1820) |