Eysarcoris venustissimus (von Paula Schrank, 1776)

woundwort shieldbug

on Stachys, etc.

Haarlemmermeer, 24.v.2022 © Laurens van der Linde

parasite

Larvae and adults at the leaves.

host plants

Lamiaceae, oligophagous

Ballota nigra; Clinopodium vulgare; Galeopsis speciosa, tetrahit; Lamium album, mcaulatum, purpureum; Marrubium vulgare; Salvia viridis; Stachys germanica, palustris, recta, sylvatica.

Rarely Geranium robertianum; Urtica dioica; Verbascum (Bantock, Lodos ao).

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

synonyms

Stagonomus venustissimus; Eysarcoris fabricii Kirkaldy, 1904.

references

Aukema, Heijerman & Kalkman (2016a), Bantock (2018a), Baugnée (2003c), Dursun & Fent (2011a), Lodos, Önder, Pehlivan, ao (1998a), Schubert (2007a), Werner (2012a).