Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Bruchidius pygmaeus

Bruchidius pygmaeus (Boheman, 1833)

on Trifolium

parasite

The larvae develop in the pods, within a seed; there also the pupation.

host plants

Fabaceae, monophagous

Trifolium alexandrinum, angustifolium, arvense, fragiferum, gemellum, hirtum, incarnatum, ochroleucon, phleoides, pratense. scabrum, squamosum, stellatum, striatum, subterraneum, tomentosum.

distribution within Europe

(PESI, 2020).

references

Delobel & Delobel (2003a, 2005a, 2007a), Yus Ramos (2010a), Yus Ramos & Gavira Romero (2011a), Yus Ramos & Sáez Bolaño (2008a), Yus Ramos & Zuzarte (2008a).

Last modified 2.vii.2020