Agapanthia violacea

Agapanthia violacea (Fabricius, 1775)

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: AGAPANTHIINI

Agapanthia violacea
Photo © M.Hoskovec

Body length: 7 - 13 mm

Life cycle: 1 year

Adults in: April - August

Host plant: olyphagous in herbaceous plants (Medicago, Scabiosa, Onobrychis, Echium, Salvia, etc.)

Distribution: Europe except North, Russia, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Turkey

The depicted beetles were collected on lucerne (Medicago sativa) in area of Perivoli village (SW of Corfu Island, Greece).

Collected by M.Hoskovec.