Hypera rumicis (Linnaeus, 1758)
mine
Small (< 1 cm) blotch or corridor, often several in a leaf. The mine contains frass. Often at start and end of the mine a small round opening. Older larvae leave the mine and start making window feeding on the leaves. Pupation in a globular reticulate cocoon, attached to a leaf.
host plants
Polygonaceae, oligophagous
Bistorta officonalis; Fallopia convolvulus; Oxyria digyna; Persicaria; Polygonum aviculare; Rheum rhaponticum; Rumex acetosa, crispus, hydrolapathum, obtusifolius, patientia.
R. hydrolapathum is the main host plant.
phenology
Larvae in July-August (Scherf, 1964a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Ccurculionidae.be, 2010).
NE recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2007; Heijerman, 1993a).
LUX recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2007).
distribution within Europe
Throughout Europe (Fauna Europaea, 2007).
larva and pupa
Dieckmann, Scherf, Skuhrovec (2006a).
synonyms
Phytonomus rumicis.
parasitoids, predators
references
Balalaikins (2012b), Dieckmann (1989b), Grossrieder & Keary (2004a), Heijerman (1993a), Hering (1957a), Hoebeke & Griffin (2015a), Huber (1969a), Rheinheimer & Hassler (2010a), Robbins (1991a), Scherf (1964a), Skuhrovec (2005a, 2006a), Vorst (2010a), Yunakov, Nazarenko, Filimonov & Volovnik (2018a).