INSECTS ASSOCIATED WITH WILD PLANTS IN EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST 25 



Table 2. — Selected weedy plants and associated insects, extent of their association, and country of 



origin— Continued 



Insect-plant 

 Plant and insect 1 relationship 2 Country 



Quercus pubescens Willdenow: 



Bruchus brachialis Fabricius [Bruchidae, CO] Resting on bark Do. 



Salsola kali L.: 



Coleophora sp. [Coleophoridae, LE] Ex plant Egypt. 



Gymnancyla canella (Denis & Schiffermuller) [Pryralidae, LE] Reared from plant Italy. 



Salsola sp.: 



Cryptocephalus populi Suffrian or near [Chrysomelidae, CO] Do. 



Geocoris megacephalus siculus (Fieber) [Lygaeidae, H-HE] Do. 



Salvai aethiopis L.: 



Meligethes incanus Sturm [Nitidulidae, CO] Turkey. 



Phrydiuchus tau Warner [Curculionidae, CO] Yugoslavia- 



Salvia argentea L.: 



Phrydiuchus spilmani Warner [Curculionidae, CO] Resting on plant Italy. 



Salvia limbata C. A. von Meyer: 



Heliothis peltiger (Denis & Schiffermuller) [Noctuidae, LE] Reared from foliage Iran. 



Salvia palaestina Bentham: 



Cynthia cardui (L.) [Nymphalidae, LE] do Turkey. 



Salvia verbenaca L.: 



Phytoecia pustulata (Schrank) [Cerambycidae, CO] Italy. 



Phytometra sp. [Noctuidae, LE] Reared from foliage Do. 



Salvia virgata Jacquin: 



Sphragisticus nebulosus (Fallen) [Lygaeidae, H-HE] Do. 



Salvia sp.: 



Chrysolina grossa (Fabricius) [Chrysomelidae, CO] Do. 



Scrophularia canina L.: 



Ancyrosoma leucogrammum (Gmelin) [Podopidae, H-HE] Resting under plant Do. 



Berytinus sp. [Berytidae, H-HE] do Do. 



Heterogaster urticae (Fabricius) [Lygaeidae, H-HE] do Do. 



Mesocerus marginatus (L.) ? [Coreidae, H-HE] do Do. 



Phymata crassipes (Fabricius) ? [Phymatidae, H-HE] do Do. 



Spermophagus sericeus (Geoffroy) [Bruchidae, CO] do Do. 



Strobilotoma typhaecornis (Fabricius) [Coreidae, H-HE] do Do. 



Senecio aquaticus Hill: 



Agapanthia prob. dahli (Richter) [Cerambycidae, CO] Reared from stem Do. 



Alophus nictitans Boheman [Curculionidae, CO] Feeding on root Do. 



Bracon sp. [Braconidae, HY] Prob. ex Agapanthia larva Do. 



Chaetocnema prob. conducta Motschulsky [Chrysomelidae, CO] Swept from plant Do. 



Chlorissa sp. [Geometridae, LE] Reared from plant Do. 



Cochylis prob. atricapitana (Stephens) [Cochylidae, LE] Reared from crown Do. 



Eupithecia centaurearia (Denis & Schiffermuller) [Geometridae, LE] Reared from plant Do. 



Gastroidea polygoni (L.) [Chrysomelidae, CO] In soil near roots Do. 



Liriomyza strigata (Meigen) [Agromyzidae, DI] Reared from leaf Do. 



Lixus punctiventris Boheman [Curculionidae, CO] Reared from crown & roots Do. 



Longitarsus dorsalis (Fabricius) [Chrysomelidae, CO] Feeding on leaf Do. 



Longitarsus ganglbaueri Heikertinger [Chrysomelidae, CO] Feeding on foliage Do. 



Longitarsus prob. ganglbaueri Heikertinger [Chrysomelidae, CO] Swept from plant Do. 



Longitarsus jacobaea Waterhouse [Chrysomelidae, CO] Resting on foliage Do. 



Longitarsus prob. jacobaea Waterhouse [Chrysomelidae, CO] Swept from plant Do. 



Longitarsus near tabidus (Fabricius) [Chrysomelidae, CO] Reared from roots Do. 



Melanagromyza dettmeri Hering [Agromyzidae, DI] Reared from stem Do. 



Melanagromyza near tripolii Spencer [Agromyzidae, DI] do Do. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



