Timandra comae Schmidt, 1931

blood-vein

on Rumex, etc.

Hoofddorp, 29.viii.2022 © Laurens van der Linde

parasite

Larvae freely on the leaves.

host plants

Polygonaceae, oligophagous

Fallopia baldschuanica, convolvulus; Persicaria lapathifolia; Polygonum aviculare; Rumex acetosa, acetosella, hydrolapathum, obtusifolius, rugosus, sanguineus, thyrsiflorus.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

ei, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum, Patočka, Pyrgus.

notes

Timandra griseata (Petersen, 1902) has been confused in the literature so often with comae that no reliable information is available about its biology. It is an independent species, confined to NW Europe (Õunap ao).

references

Dapporto (1998a), Ebert (ed., 2001a), King & Viejo Montesinos (2016a), Koren, Vukotić & Črne (2015a), Lepiforum (2021). Õunap, Viidalepp & Saarma (2005a), Patočka (2003a), pyrgus.de (2023).