Intertaxon relationships
Orobanche kurdica Boiss. & Hausskn. 
Orobanche reticulata Wallr. - Thistle Broomrape
Ceratapion carduorum (W. Kirby, 1808)
Ceratapion onopordi (W. Kirby, 1808)
Hadroplontus trimaculatus (Fabricius, 1775)
Larinus filiformis Petri, 1907
Larinus iaceae (Fabricius, 1775)
Larinus latus (Herbst, 1783)
Larinus sturnus (Schaller, 1783)
Larinus turbinatus Gyllenhal, 1835
Lixus filiformis (Fabricius, 1781)
Rhinocyllus conicus (Frölich, 1792)
Trichosirocalus horridus (Panzer, 1801) - Musk Thistle Rosette Weevil