Psylliodes chrysocephala (Linnaeus, 1758)
on Brassica, etc.
Brassica napus, Hungary, Mosonmagyaróvár, 22.iv.2015 © László Érsek
opened tunnel
larva
larva
9.vi.2015, imago
feeding damage at a silique by the adult beetle
at the stem
parasite
Larvae bore in the stems and in the thick veins; adults free on the leaves.
host plants
Brassicaceae, oligophagous
Barbarea; Brassica elongata, napus, nigra, oleracea, rapa, tournefortii; Capsella bursa-pastoris; Diplotaxis erucoides; Erucaria hispanica; Erucastrum; Erysimum scabrum; Hirschfeldia incana; Isatis lusitanica; Raphanus raphanistrum & subsp. rostratus, sativus; Rapistrum perenne, rugosum; Sinapis alba, arvensis, pubescens; Sisymbrium officinale; Thlaspi arvense.
phenology
Univoltine; hibernation as imago.
distribution within Europe
larva
See Cox (1998a).
pupa
See Steinhausen (2002a).
references
Aslan & Gök (2006a), Aslan, Gök, Gürbüz & Ayvaz (2009a), Bahillo de la Puebla & Román (2009a), Bastazo, Vela & Petitpierre (1993a), Beenen & Winkelman (1993a), Bukejs (2009g), Bukejs, Tamutis, Ferenca & Alekseev (2012a), Cox (1998a), Furth (1983a), Hering (1957a), Jolivet (1953a), Kofler (2011a), Ouda, Čížek & Boža (2013a), Petitpierre, Bastazo & Blasco-Zumeta (2000a), Pozsgai (2005a), Rheinheimer & Hassler (2018a), Rozner & Rozner (2014a), Sivčev, Graora, Sivčev, ao (2016a), Steinhausen (2002a), Vig (1997a).