Agapanthia villosoviridescens

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Cladus: Phytophaga
Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Cerambycidae
Subfamilia: Lamiinae
Tribus: Agapanthiini
Genus: Agapanthia
Subgenus: A. (Agapanthiella)

Species: Agapanthia villosoviridescens
Name

Agapanthia villosoviridescens (De Geer, 1775)
Vernacular names
Deutsch: Scheckhorn-Distelbock
dk: Tidselbuk
français: Agapanthie à pilosité verdâtre
lietuvių: Graižažiedinis ūsuotis
polski: Zgrzytnica zielonkawowłosa
svenska: Tistelbock
References

Tribe Agapanthiini: Agapanthia (s.str.) villosoviridescens (photo by V.I. Gumenyuk)

Agapanthia villosoviridescens, also known as the golden-bloomed grey longhorn beetle,[1] is a species of beetle in the subfamily Lamiinae, found in the Caucasus, Europe, Kazakhstan, the Near East, Russia and Turkey.[2]
Description and habitat
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A. villosoviridescens

The beetle is named for its golden-black colour, with a golden bloom on its elytron and thorax. It reaches a length of 10–22 millimetres (0.39–0.87 in).[2]
Habitat

Their flight time is from May to August.[2] For the larval development the species is quite polyphagous with a wide variety of hosts, probably including Aconitum, Angelica, Anthriscus, Artemisia, Aster, Carduus, Cirsium, Chaerophyllum, Eupatorium, Foeniculum, Gentiana, Helleborus, Heracleum, Peucedanum, Salvia, Senecio, Urtica and Veratrum album.[2][3] The larvae develop in the stalks of the host plant, working their way down while growing, cutting off the stalk and creating pupal cells near ground level. Adults emerge through a newly cut exit hole in the side of the stalk.
References

Common name
Description, distribution, and habitat
Bense 1995, as per forum post on waarneming.nl