Agonoscena targionii

Agonoscena targionii (Lichtenstein, 1874) Feeds on In Bulgaria, we collected adults on Pistacia terebinthus L., which is one of the known host plants (Spodek et al. 2017, Seljak 2020). Throughout the Mediterranean Region, A. targionii is mainly found on P. lentiscus L. (Burckhardt and Lauterer 1989, Rodrigo-Gómez and Burckhardt 2023), which does not occur in the Bulgarian flora. Distribution General distribution. Mediterranean, Middle East. Distribution in Bulgaria (Fig. 29 b). Published records: ROM (Pramatarova et al. 2024). Material examined: ROM. Diagnosis Adult (Fig. 29 a) and fifth-instar immature. Burckhardt and Lauterer (1989), Rodrigo-Gómez and Burckhardt (2023).