Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Mordellistena brevicauda

Mordellistena brevicauda (Bohemann, 1849)

on herbs

parasite

Larvae bore in the rhizome; here also they hibernate, next pupate.

host plants

polyphagous

Euphorbia cyparissias; Galium verum.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2023).

egg, larva, pupa

see Zemoglyadchuk & Buialska.

references

Batten (1979a), Ermisch (1954a), Zemoglyadchuk & Buialska (2020a).

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