Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Carcina quercana

Carcina quercana (Fabricius, 1775)

long-horned flat-body

on broadleaved trees

Carcina quercana imago

Greece, Lefkas, Katouna, 10.vi.2019 © Laurens van der Linde

parasite

Larva under a web on a leaf.

host plants

restricted polyphagous

Acer campestre, pseudoplatanus; Arbutus unedo; Castanea sativa; Cornus mas; Crataegus; Fagus sylvatica; Hypericum; Malus domestica, sylvestris; Prunus persica, spinosa; Pyrus; Quercus canariensis, coccifera, dalechampii, frainetto, ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis, pubescens, robur & subsp. pedunculiflora, suber, trojana; Rosa; Sorbus torminalis; Viburnum.

distribution within Europe

(PESI, 2020).

larva, pupa

Pictures on Lepiforum; see also Fetz, Patočka, Patočka & Turčáni, Schmid.

references

Emmet & Langmaid 2002b), Ezzine, Ben Yahia, Dhahri, ao (2018a), Fetz (1994a), Huemer (2012a), Koren, Vukotić & Črne (2015a), Lepiforum (2020), Lvovsky, Sinev, Kravchenko & Müller (2016a), Nunes (2021a), Patočka (1997a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Schmid (2019a).

Last modified 3.viii.2023