Agapanthia cardui

Agapanthia cardui
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Cerambycidae
Subfamily:	Lamiinae
Genus:	Agapanthia
Species:	A. cardui
Binomial name
	Agapanthia cardui; (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
	Agapanthia cardui pannonica (Kratochvíl Gutowski, 1992) ; Agapanthia cardui grossa (Pic, 1891) ; Agapanthia cardui subacutalis (Chevrolat, 1882) ; Agapanthia cardui velox (Gistel, 1857) ; Cerambyx cardui (Linnaeus, 1767) ; Eucrius cardui (Linnaeus, Gistel, 1856) ; Saperda annulata (Fabricius, Gistel, 1792) ; Saperda cardui (Linnaeus, Fabricius, 1787) ; Saperda coerulescens (Petagna, Gistel, 1787) ;

Agapanthia cardui is a species of flat-faced longhorn beetle belonging to the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Lamiinae.

This beetle is present in most Europe, in the Near East and in East Palearctic ecozone.

The adults grow up to 6–14 millimetres (0.24–0.55 in) and can be encountered from April through July, completing their life cycle in one year.

They are polyphagous in herbaceous plants, mainly feeding on Carduus nutans (hence the specific name) and Silybum marianum, as well as on Salvia, Urtica and Cirsium species.

A. cardui – lateral view

Subspecies

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