Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Liophloeus tessulatus

Liophloeus tessulatus (Müller, 1776)

on Hedera, etc.

Liophloeus tessulatus

Haarlemmermeer, 13.v.2018 © Laurens van der Linde

parasite

Larvae at the roots.

host plants

Apiaceae, Araliaceae, narrowly polyphagous

Aegopodium podagraria; Angelica archangelica; Anthriscus; Chaerophyllum hirsutum; Eryngium campestre; Hedera helix; Heracleum sphondylium & subsp. alpinum; Levisticum officinale; Meum athamanticum.

phenology

Larval development takes two years.

distribution within Europe

(PESI, 2020).

pupa

See Gosik & Sprick.

references

Dieckmann (1980a), Gosik & Sprick (2013a), Rheinheimer & Hassler (2010a), Shepard (0000a).

Last modified 25.viii.2023