Monochroa lucidella (Stephens, 1834)

buff-marked neb

on Eleocharis, Scirpus, ? Typha

parasite

The larva bores in the stem; probably there also the pupation.

host plants

Cyperaceae, oligophagous

Eleocharis palustris; Schoenoplectus lacustris.

The reference to Typha by Bland ao merits further conformation.

distribution within Europe

(PESI, 2019).

larva

Head black, prothoracic plate greyish brown; pinacula minute, black.

references

Bland, Corley, Emmet ao (2002a), Corley (2005a), Huemer (1998a), Robbins (1991a), Wegner (2010a).