Agapanthia cynarae

Agapanthia cynarae (Germar, 1817)

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: AGAPANTHIINI

Agapanthia cynarae
Photo © M.Hoskovec

Agapanthia cynarae is mainly distributed in S-SE Europe (Italy, Bulgaria, Greece, and former Yugoslavia) and reaches Central Europe where it is very rare. It develops in herbaceous plants (especially in thistles - Carduus, Cirsium, Onopordon, but also in other plants - Aconitum, Acanthus, etc.). Larvae feed in stalks.

Body length: 14 - 23 mm

Life cycle: 1 year

Adults in: May - June

Host plant: polyphagous in herbaceous plants

Distribution: S of Central Europe, S-SE Europe

The depicted beetles were collected on thistles in Pula (South Istra Peninsula, Croatia) and Neo Ithilo (SW Peloponnese, Greece).

Collected by M.Hoskovec.