Diarsia mendica (Fabricius, 1775)
ingrailed clay
on herbs
parasite
Larvae freely on the leaves.
host plants
polyphagous
Betula; Calluna vulgaris; Campanula rotundifolia; Crataegus rhipidophylla; Dryopteris filix-mas; Lamium; Lonicera periclymenum; Persicaria hydropiper; Polygonum aviculare; Primula acaulis, elatior, veris; Prunus spinosa; Pteridium aquilinum; Rubus fruticosus; Rumex; Salix caprea, cinerea; Vaccinium myrtillus, uliginosum; Viola.
distribution within Europe
PESI (2021).
egg, larva, pupa
see Pyrgus.
parasitoids, predators
references
Ebert (ed., 1998a), Pyrgus (2021).