According to Rejzek et al. [❖] Agapanthia lais develops in Onopordum macrocephalum Eig (Asteraceae).

Body length:	11 - 15 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	Onopordum macrocephalum
Distribution:	Iran, Jordan, Syria, Turkey [✧]

The depicted beetle was collected on the host plant in Krak de Chevaliers W Homs (West Syria).

Collected by Martin Rejzek

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[❖]
Rejzek M., Sama G., Alziar G.:
Host plants of several herb-feeding Cerambycidae mainly from east Mediterranean region (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Biocosme Mésogéen 17 (4): 263-294, 2001. [download ]

[✧]
Özdikmen H.:
Turkish Agapanthiini Mulsant, 1839 with identification keys (Coleoptera: Lamiinae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 8 (1): 9-40, 2013. [download ]