Agapanthia cardui (Linnaeus, 1767)

on thistles, etc.

parasite

Larvae bore in the stem.

host plants

poklyphagous

Artemisia; ? Asphodelus; Carduus; Carthamus; Chrysanthemum; Cirsium; Dipsacus fullonum; Eupatorium; Heracleum; ? Knautia; Leucanthemum vulgare; Melilotus; Salvia; Scolymus; Senecio; Silybum marianum; Tanacetum; Urtica;Valeriana.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

synonyms

Agapanthia pannonica Kratochvíl, 1985.

references

Chmurova, Mendel, Potts & Barclay (2018a), González Peña, Vives i Noguera & de Sousa Zuzarte (2007a), Hellrigl (2010c), Hidalgo-Fontiveros (2010a), La Mantia, Bellavista, Giardina & Sparacio (2010a), Sláma (1998a), Vitali (2018a).