Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Pediasia contaminella

Pediasia contaminella (Hübner, 1796)

waste grass-veneer

on grasses

Pediasia contaminella

Haarlemmermeer, 4.viii.2016 © Laurens van der Linde

parasite

Larvae in a silken tube at the foot of the plants.

host plants

Poaceae, oligophagous

Festuca ovina; Poa; Puccinellia distans subsp. limosa, maritima, peisonis.

phenology

Hibernation as larva.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

synonyms

Pediasia squalidalis (Hübner, 1816).

references

Baldizzone & Scalercio (2018a), Bentley (2008a), Fiumi (2018a), Kasy (1959a), Koren, Vukotić & Črne (2015a), Petersen, Friese & Rinnhofer (1973a), Wegner (2010a).

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