Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Hadena caesia

Hadena caesia (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

the grey

on Silene, etc.

parasite

Larvae in/at the fruits.

host plants

Caryophyllaceae, oligophagous

Gypsophila repens; Saponaria bellidifolia; Silene alpestris, ciliata, multicaulis, pusilla, saxifraga, vulgaris.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

egg, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum, Pyrgus.

references

Dapporto (1998a), Lepiforum (2021), Peslier (2002a), Pyrgus (2021), Wagner & Beshkov (2018a).

Last modified 10.ix.2021