Agapanthia (Agapanthia) cardui (Linnaeus, 1767)
[= Agapanthia pannonica Kratochvíl, 1985; ❖]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: AGAPANTHIINI

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[Photo © Daniel Rydzi]

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Agapanthia (Agapanthia) cardui is a widespread species in Central and Southern Europe southward to southern Greece, Italy (southward to Sicily) and Spain (to Gibraltar). Larvae develop in stalks of various herbaceous plants, life-cycle one year. Adults can be found on host plants from April to July.

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

The depicted beetles were collected in Soutok Game Reserve (Pohansko Chateau environs, Břeclav ditrict, South Moravia Czechia) on June 5, 2016.

Collected by Daniel Rydzi

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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 ]

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[Photo © Daniel Rydzi]

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Subfamilia	Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus	Agapanthiini Mulsant, 1839
Genus	Agapanthia Audinet-Serville, 1835
Subgenus	>Agapanthia Audinet-Serville, 1835
Species	Agapanthia (Agapanthia) cardui (Linnaeus, 1767)