Mononychus punctumalbum (Herbst, 1784)
on Iris
Hoofddorp, 19.v.2019 © Laurens van der Linde
lateral view
copula
Iris pseudacorus, Belgium, prov. Antwerp, Balen, de Most, 25.ix.2021 © Carina Van Steenwinkel: fruit with exit holes
opened fruit
damaged seeds
Iris pseudacorus, Belgium, prov. Antwerp, Laakdal, Varendonk, 14.vi.2022 © Carina Van Steenwinkel: young seed, with oviposition scar
Iris pseudacorus, België, prov. Limbourg, Zonhoven, Platwijers, 21.viii.2022 © Carina Van Steenwinkel: pupa (parasitized)
imago still in the seed
gall
the fruits look irregular and knobby. Inside some white weevil larvae that feed on the seeds. Pupation in the gall. When the weevils leave the gall conspicuous exit holes are left behind. Galling facultative.
host plants
Iridaceae, monophagous
Iris aphylla, foetidissima, x germanica, graminea, halophila, latifolia, longifolia, pallida, pseudacorus, sibirica, spuria.
According to Compte also Colchicum autumnale (Colchicaceae).
larva, pupa
See Skuhrovec ao.
references
Buhr (1964a), Compte (1981a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Delbol (2013a). Dieckmann (1972a), Germann (2011c), Gültekin & Korotyaev (2012b), Lechapt (2015a), Morris (1982a), Rheinheimer & Hassler (2010a), Roskam (2009a), Scholze (1991a), Skuhrovec, Gültekin, Śmigala ao (2017a), Tomasi (2012a, 2014a), Ugarte San Vicente (2005a), Wojciechowicz-Żytko, Rogowska, Dobińska, ao (2016a), Yunakov, Nazarenko, Filimonov & Volovnik (2018a).