Olibrus pygmaeus (Sturm, 1807)

on Filago, etc.

parasite

Adults on the flower heads, feeding on the pollen. Biology of the larvae as yet unknown, perhaps they feed on the ripening achenes.

host plants

Asteraceae, oligophagous

Crepis; Filago arvensis, gallica, germanica, minima; Leontodon.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2023).

references

Lienenbecker, Rehage & Terlutter (2007a), Thompson (1958a), Urban (1926b).