Agapanthia (Homoblephara) maculicornis (Gyllenhal, 1817)
ssp. maculicornis (Gyllenhal, 1817)
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: AGAPANTHIINI
[Photo © Daniel Rydzi]
ssp. maculicornis (Gyllenhal, 1817)
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: AGAPANTHIINI

[Photo © Daniel Rydzi]
Agapanthia maculicornis, a relatively rare but widely distributed West-Palaearctic species, has been described from Germany as Saperda maculicornis by Leonard Gyllenhal in 1817 [✮].
Body length: 8 - 14 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: April - June Host plant: Asteraceae (Tragopogon, Dianthus), Campanula glomerata Distribution: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Moldavia, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine
The depicted beetle was photographed in Agioi Theodoroi (Άγιοι Θεόδωροι) village environs (Grevena municipality, Grevena regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece) on May 18, 2022.Collected and photographed by our friend Daniel Rydzi
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L. Gyllenhal in Schönherr C.J.:
Appendix ad C. J. Schönherr Synonymiam Insectorum. Descriptiones Novarum Specierum Insectorum.
Scaris, Lewerentziana 1 (3): 1-266, 1817. [download]
Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
Tribus | Agapanthiini Mulsant, 1839 |
Genus | Agapanthia Audinet-Serville, 1835 |
Subgenus | Homoblephara Pesarini & Sabbadini, 2004 |
Species | Agapanthia (Homoblephara) maculicornis (Gyllenhal, 1817) |
Subspecies | Agapanthia (Homoblephara) maculicornis maculicornis (Gyllenhal, 1817) |