Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Arge ustulata

Arge ustulata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Betula, Salix

Arge ustulata

Belgium, prov. Antwerp, Meerhout, 6.viii.2011 © Carina Van Steenwinkel

parasite

Eggs are deposited one by one in the leaf margin, recognisable as a series of oviposition scars. The larvae live freely on the leaves.

host plants

Betulaceae, Salicaceae, restricted polyphagous

Betula pendula, pubescens; Salix alba, aurita, caprea, cinerea, x fragilis.

According to Beneš (2013a) ao also Crataegus.

distribution within Europe

(PESI, 2019).

parasitoids, predators

Tetrastichus argei.

notes

Might be a complex of species.

references

Beneš (2013a, 2014b), Beneš & Holuša (2015a), Benson (1961a), Buhr (1965a), Burggraaf-van Nierop & van Achterberg (1990a), (Haris, 2012a), Hoop (1983a), Liston (1996b), Macek (2012c), Pschorn-Walcher & Altenhofer (2000a), Roskam (2019a), Schwarz (2004a), Stritt (1952a), Taeger, Altenhofer, Blank, ao (1998a).

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