Chaetosiphella berlesei (del Guercio, 1905)

on Poaceae

from Wieczorek (201oa)

parasite

Apterae ± 2 mm, dark lead coloured, very lightly pruinose. In small, not ant-attended colonies on the upper surface of the leaves. Upon disturbance they drop to the ground.

Poaceae, oligophagous

Aira caryophyllea; Avenella flexuosa; Corynephorus canescens; Deschampsia cespitosa; Elytrigia repens; Festuca ovina, pallens, rubra, stricta subsp. trachyphylla.

Preference for plants in very dry situations.

references

Blackman & Eastop (2017), Heie (1982a), Tambs-Lyche & Heie (1984a), Wieczorek (201oa), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).