Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Plateumaris sericea

Plateumaris sericea (Linnaeus, 1761)

on Sparganium, etc.

parasite

Larvae in a cocoon at the roots.

host plants

polyphagous

Bolboschoenus maritimus; Carex; Schoenoplectus lacustris; Sparganium erectum.

The beetles often on various other plants, preferably on the flowers.

distribution within Europe

(PESI, 2020).

pupa

See Steinhausen (2001b).

references

Bukejs (2010b), Geiser (2017a), Hubble (2010a), Lencina, Ortiz & Rubio (2006a), Maican & Serafim (2016a), Mohr (1985a), Montagna (2009a), Nelson, Walsh & Foster (2007a), Petitpierre i Vall (1994a), Pozsgai (2005a), Rheinheimer & Hassler (2018a), Steinhausen (2001b), Vig (1997a).

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