Agapanthia cardui (Linnaeus, 1767)

on thistles, etc.

Agapanthia cardui

Greece, Lefkas, Katouna, 26.v.2023 © Laurens van der Linde

Agapanthia cardui

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parasite

Larvae bore in the stem.

host plants

poklyphagous

Artemisia; ? Asphodelus; Bellis; Carduus collinus; Carthamus; Chrysanthemum; Cirsium; Cynara; Dipsacus fullonum; Eupatorium; Foeniculum; Galactites; Heracleum; ? Knautia; Leucanthemum vulgare; Melilotus officinalis; Phlomis tuberosa; Salvia; Scabiosa; Scolymus; Senecio; Silybum marianum; Tanacetum; Urtica dioica;Valeriana.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

synonyms

Agapanthia pannonica Kratochvíl, 1985.

references

Baviera, Bellavista, Altadonna ao (2017a), Chmurova, Mendel, Potts & Barclay (2018a), García (2005a), González Peña, Vives i Noguera & de Sousa Zuzarte (2007a), Hellrigl (2010c), Hidalgo-Fontiveros (2010a), Kovács & Hegyessy (1995a), Kovács, Muskovits & Hegyessy (2000a), La Mantia, Bellavista, Giardina & Sparacio (2010a), Sláma (1998a), Vitali (2018a), Zeegers & Goudsmits (2017a).