Xylococcus filiferus Löw, 1883
on Tilia
infection of a Tilia-branch (from Löw).
parasite
The adult females are pear-shaped and lack feet, eyes and antennae. They lay embedded in the bark, mostly in the axil of a branch. Posteriorly they bear a long, wavy, hollow thread-like appendage at the tip of which droplets of honeydew are exuded.
host plants
Malvaceae, monophagous
Tilia cordata.
distribution within Europe
references
Buhr (1965a), Hellrigl (2004a), Löw (1883a), Roskam (2019a), Schmutterer & Hoffmann (2003a), Soria, del Estal & Viñuela (1998a), Żak-Ogaza & Koteja (1964a).