Agapanthia villosoviridescens (De Geer, 1775)

golden-bloomed grey longhorn

on thistles, etc.

Haarlemmermeer, 5.vi.2021 © Laurens van der Linde

another image

taking to flight

parasite

Larvae bore in the stems.

host plants

polyphagous

Aconitum; Angelica; Artemisia; Astrantia major; Anthriscus sylvestris; Aster; Carduus acanthoides, nutans; Chaerophyllum; Cirsium arvense, palustrem vulgare; Cynoglottis barrelieri; Erigeron annuus; Eupatorium; Ferula; Filipendula; Foeniculum; Gentiana; Helleborus; Heracleum sphondylium; Parasenecio; Salvia; Senecio; Sonchus; Torilis; Tripleurospermum; Urtica dioica; Veratrum.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

egg, larva, pupa

see Paulus.

references

Baviera, Bellavista, Altadonna ao (2017a), Feldmann (1990a), González Peña, Vives i Noguera & de Sousa Zuzarte (2007a), Hellrigl (2010c), Kovács & Hegyessy (1995a), Kovács, Muskovits & Hegyessy (2000a), Paulus (1968a), Petruzziello & Migliorini (2019a), Sláma (1998a), Szczepański & Szczepański (2019a), Szczepański, Szczepański, Czerwiński & Woźniak (2017a), Vitali (2018a).