Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Spargania luctuata

Spargania luctuata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

white-banded carpet

on Epilobium, etc.

parasite

Larvae freely on the leaves.

host plants

Onagraceae, narrowly oligophagous

Chamerion angustifolium; Epilobium hirsutum, montanum, palustre.

Ebert moreover mentions Vaccinium myrtillus.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

egg, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum, Patočka.

references

Ebert (ed., 2001a), Lepiforum (2021), Patočka (1995a).

Last modified 21.v.2021