Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Mordellistena pygmaeola

Mordellistena pygmaeola Ermisch, 1956

on Cirsium

parasite

Larvae bore in the stems.

host plants

Asteraceae, monophagous

Cirsium.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2023).

references

Batten (1979a).

Last modified 8.v.2023