Diarsia brunnea (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

purple clay

on herbs, etc.

parasite

Larvae freely on the leaves.

host plants

polyphagous

Avenella flexuosa; Brachypodium sylvaticum; Cardamine pratensis; Dryopteris filix-mas; Galium mollugo Geranium sylvaticum; Lonicera xylosteum; Luzula sylvatica; Primula; Prunus padus, spinosa; Quercus; Rosa; Rubus fruticosus, idaeus; Rumex obtusifolius; Salix; Senecio ovatus; Sorbus aucuparia; Stellaria holostea; Vaccinium myrtillus, uliginosum.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

egg, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum, Pyrgus.

references

Ebert (ed., 1998a), Lepiforum (2021), Pyrgus (2021), Teobaldelli (2018a), Wirooks & Theissen (1999a).