Lixus scolopax Boheman, 1835
on thistles
parasite
Larvae and pupae in the stems.
host plants
Asteraceae, oligophagous
Cardopatium corymbosum; Carlina corymbosa; Carthamus lanatus; Centaurea behen, carduiformis, diffusa, iberica, solstitialis, urvillei; Cirsium arvense; Crupina crupinastrum; Cynara scolymus; Echinops sphaerocephalus, spinosissimus subsp. bovei; Galactites tomentosus; Picnomon acarna.
distribution within Europe
references
Colonnelli, Osella & Cornacchia (2011a), Dieckmann (1983a), Gültekin (2007a, 2010a).