Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Euluperus pinicola

Euluperus pinicola (Duftschmid, 1825)

on Pinus

parasite

Beetles free on the needles; the larvae live on grass roots.

host plants

Pinaceae, monophagous

Pinus nigra, sylvestris.

phenology

Hibernation as mature larva.

distribution within Europe

(PESI, 2020).

pupa

See Steinhausen (1996b, 2002a).

synonyms

Calomicrus pinicola.

references

Bukejs (2009d), Rheinheimer & Hassler (2018a), Steinhausen (1996b, 2002a), Vela (2018a), Vig (1999a).

Last modified 23.xi.2020