Agapanthia villosoviridescens DeGeer, 1775

Material examined.

East Kazakhstan Region: Bykovo [ Быково] env. (49°39'N, 84°33'E), 570 m a.s.l., 24 VI 2017, 1♀, leg. LK; 1♂, leg. MW.

Remarks.

This is a typical Palaearctic species that is distributed from Southern Europe to East Siberia and Mongolia (Danilevsky 2018a). The larvae feed in the inner tissues of the stems of various herbaceous plants, mainly on Carduus, Cirsium and Urtica, and less frequently on Angelica, Chaerophyllum, Eupatorium, Heracleum, Senecio, Scrophularia and Anthriscus (Cherepanov 1991a). The adults can be found on their host plants from May to August.

One of the collected specimens represented a very rare and interesting form with red coloured antennae. Such forms are also known to occur in Europe.