Auleutes epilobii

Family: Curculionidae | Genus: Auleutes
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Plant Parasites of Europe

GALL
up to 1.5 cm long, often one-sided, swelling of the stem, especially at the level of the inflorescence. Inside a single white weevil larva; pupation in the soil.

HOST PLANTS
Onagraceae, oligophagous

Chamerion angustifolium; Epilobium hirsutum,* montanum.*

  • According to Rheinheimer & Hassler only on Chamerion.

- Willem N. Ellis: (2021) Plant Parasites of Europe©

Reference: https://bladmineerders.nl/parasites/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/coleoptera/polyphaga/cucujiformia/curculionoidea/curculionidae/conoderinae/ceutorhynchitae/cnemidogonini/auleutes/auleutes-epilobii/


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Willem N. Ellis
2021
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/?scrlybrkr=fb081ea8

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