Lixus elegantulus Boheman, 1842
on ? Scorzoneroides
parasite
The host plant is not known with certainty, even less the biology. Because of the congruence in supposed host plant and the systematic affinity it might be guessed that the larvae live and pupate in the root.
host plants
Asteraceae, monophagous
? Scorzoneroides autumnalis.
Feeding adults observed at Chondrilla juncea; Crepis
distribution within Europe
references
Dieckmann (1983a), Stejskal & Trnka (2013a).