Agapanthia suturalis

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Agapanthia suturalis
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Agapanthia suturalis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Agapanthia
Species:
A. suturalis
Binomial name
Agapanthia suturalis
(Fabricius, 1787)
Synonyms
  • Agapanthia cardui ruficornis (Pic) Pesarini & Sabbadini, 2004
  • Agapanthia cardui var. ruficornis Pic, 1918
  • Saperda suturalisFabricius, 1787

Agapanthia suturalis is a species of beetle in the subfamily Lamiinae, found in Sicily, Spain, the Near East, North Africa and Turkey. [1] The species is black coloured with a yellow stripe. [2] Males are larger than females. [3] They fly from May to June. [1] They are known to bore into Knautia arvensis stems. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Distribution and habitat
  2. ↑ Description
  3. ↑ Gender description
  4. ↑ Varga, Sandra; Soulsbury, Carl D.; John, Elizabeth A. (2022). "Biological Flora of Britain and Ireland: Knautia arvensis". Journal of Ecology. 110 (8): 1970–1992. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13938 . ISSN   0022-0477.
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