Spilostethus saxatilis (scopoli, 1763)

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Spilostethus saxatilis

Greece, Lefkas, Katouna, 18.vi.2022 © Laurens van der Linde

Spilostethus saxatilis larva

Haarlemmermeer, 21.iv.2018 © Laurens van der Linde: larva

parasite

Larvae and adults at the fruits.

host plants

polyphagous

Achillea millefolium; Androcymbium gramineum subsp. psammophilum; Anethum graveolens; Aruncus dioicus; Colchicum autumnale, “lusitanicum”; Daucus carota; Eryngium campestre; Galium mollugo; Gentiana asclepiadea; Gladiolus imbricatus; Heracleum sphondylium; Hieracium; Jacobaea vulgaris; Linaria vulgaris; Mentha longifolia; Ononis spinosa; Papaver; Pastinaca sativa; Salvia glutinosa; Sambucus ebulus; Sanguisorba officinalis; Scolymus hispanicus; Tanacetum vulgare; Tragopogon, Vincetoxicum hirundinaria & subsp. stepposum.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

synonyms

Lygaeus saxatilis.

references

Aukema (2020a), Bury & Obszarny (2020a), Cantarino Aragón (2015a), Dioli (1997a), Gierlasiński, Taszakowski, Gierlasińska, ao (2018b), Heiss & Ribes (1992a), Péricart (1998a), Vivas (2012a).