Arocatus melanocephalus (Fabricius, 1798)

elm seed bug

on Ulmus

Hoofddorp, 31.iii.2023 © Laurens van der Linde

parasite

Larvae and adults at the fruits.

host plants

Ulmaceae, monophagous

Ulmus laevis.

also Alnus; Platanus orientalis; Quercus (Gao ao; Kment ao).

phenology

Univoltine, hibernation as imago.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

notes

Adult bugs may become human nuisance when large number enter houses, seeing for a place to hibernate.

references

Acheampong, Strong, Schwartz, ao (2016a), Aukema (2016a), Barndt (2008a), Bianchi & Štepanovičová (2003a), Cantarino Aragón (2015a), Ferracini & Alma (2008a), Gao, Kondorosy & Bu (2013a), Kment, Hradil, Baňař, ao (2013a), Korcz (2010a), Mulder (2021a), Péricart (1998a), Winkelmann (2021a).