Pediasia contaminella (Hübner, 1796)
waste grass-veneer
on grasses
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
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).