Lobesia occidentis Falkovitsh, 1970

spurge marble

on Euphorbia

parasite

The larvae bore in a stem, after having loosely spun together the terminal leaves,

host plants

Euphorbiaceae, monophagous

Euphorbia amygdaloides, esula, paralias.

phenology

Hibernation as larva.

distribution within Europe

(PESI, 2019).

synonyms

Lobesiodes occidentis.

references

Bradley, Tremewan & Smith (1979a), Buschmann (2014a), Hancock & Bland (2015b).