Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Homoeosoma nimbella

Homoeosoma nimbella (Duponchel, 1836).

scarce clouded knot-horn

on Asteraceae, Jasione

parasite

Larvae in the fruiting flower heads.

host plants

Asteraceae, Campanulaceae, narrowly polyphagous

Carduus nutans; Carlina; Galatella; Helichrysum italicum; Hieracium umbellatum; Jasione montana; Solidago; Tanacetum vulgare.

distribution within Europe

(PESI, 2020).

pupa

See Patočka & Turčáni.

synonyms

Homoeosoma nimbellum.

references

Klimesch (1942a), Kudła & Dawidowicz (2016a), Lepiforum (2020), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Schmitz (1998a), Schütze (1931a), Wegner (2010a).

Last modified 3.viii.2023