Pseudoheptamelus runari Conde, 1932

on Athyrium

parasite

Oviposition in the rachis; the larvae live free on the leaf, mainly feeding on the withered parts of the lamina and little holes in the rachis.

host plants

Woodsiaceae, monophagous

Athyrium filix-femina.

distribution within Europe

(PESI, 2020).

larva, pupa

See Vikberg & Liston.

references

Vikberg & Liston (2009a).