Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Pyropteron minianiformis

Pyropteron minianiformis (Freyer, 1843)

on Rumex

Pyropteron minianiformis

Greece, Lefkas, Katouna, 6.vi.2022 © Laurens van der Linde

Pyropteron minianiformis

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parasite

The larva bores in the roots.

host plants

Polygonaceae, monophagous

Rumex conglomeratus, crispus, maritimus, pulcher.

distribution within Europe

(PESI, 2018).

references

Bartsch & Pühringer (2005a), Grossrieder & Keary (2004a), Laštůvka & Laštůvka (2001a), Lepiforum (2023), Toševski in litt. (2018).

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