INSECTS ASSOCIATED WITH WILD PLANTS IN EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST 21 



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 



Echinops sphaerocephalus L.: 



Eurytoma robustus Mayr or E. tibialis Boheman [Eurytomidae, HY] Reared from head Italy. 



Sitona sp. [Curculionidae, CO] Reared from plant Do. 



Strophomorphus porcellus (Schbnherr) [Curculionidae, CO] Reared from crown Do. 



Euphorbia esula L.: 



Chamaesphecia empiformis (Esper) [Sesiidae, LE] Reared from roots Austria. 



Euphorbia sp.: 



Hyles euphorbiae (L.) [Sphingidae, LE] Reared from foliage Italy. 



Galactites tomentosa Moench: 



Agapanthia cardui (L.) [Cerambycidae, CO] Resting on plant France. 



Agapanthia dahli (Richter) [Cerambycidae, CO] do Italy. 



Ceutorhynchidius horridus (Panzer) [Curculionidae, CO] do Do. 



Ceutorhynchidius horridus (Panzer) [Curculionidae, CO] Reared from crown Do. 



Ceutorhynchus trimaculatus (Fabricius) [Curcubonidae, CO] Feeding on leaf Do. 



Ceutorhynchus trimaculatus [Curculionidae, CO] Reared from crown Do. 



Pyroderces argyrogrammos (Zeller) [Cosmopterigidae, LE] Reared from head Do. 



Genista sagittalis L.: 



Apion near formaneki Wagner [Curcubonidae, CO] Germany. 



Genista sp.: 



Apion sp. [Curcubonidae, CO] Do. 



Hypericum sp.: 



Chrysolina hyperici Forster [Chrysomebdae, CO] Feeding on fobage Italy. 



Linaria dalmatica (L.) Miller: 



Brachypterolus pulicarius (L.) [Nitidulidae, CO] Resting on plant Yugoslavia. 



Calophasia casta (Borkhausen) [Noctuidae, LE] Reared from leaves Do. 



Chrysolina gypsophilae Kiister [Chrysomebdae, CO] Do. 



Eurydema ornatum L. [Pentatomidae, H-HE] Resting on plant Italy. 



Gymnetron sp. [Curcubonidae, CO] Reared from seed Do. 



Nezara virdula [Pentatomidae, H-HE] Do. 



Podabrus sp. [Cantharidae, CO] Resting on stem Do. 



Stragmatophora serratella (Treitschke) [Cosmopterigidae, LE] Resting on plant Do. 



Linaria fastigiata Chavannes: 



Brachypterolus pulicarius (Linnaeus) [Nitidubdae, CO] Resting on fobage Iran. 



Gymnetron sp. [Curcubonidae, CO] Resting on flower Do. 



Phytoecia sp. [Cerambycidae, CO] Feeding on stem Do. 



Linaria genistifolia (L.) Miller: 



Brachypterolus pulicarius (L.) [Nitidubdae, CO] Resting on plant Greece. 



Brachypterolus pulicarius (L.) [Nitidubdae, CO] do Turkey. 



Brachypterolus sp. [Nitidubdae, CO] do Do. 



Bruchus dentipes Baudi [Bruchidae, CO] do Do. 



Gymnetron sp. [Curcubonidae, CO] do Greece. 



Gymnetron sp. [Curcubonidae, CO] do Turkey. 



Leptocera sp. [Sphaeroceridae, DI] Reared from plant Greece. 



Oscinella sp. [Chloropidae, DI] do Do. 



Phytoecia sp. [Cerambycidae, CO] Feeding on stem Turkey. 



Linaria grandiflora Desfontaines: 



Brachypterolus pulicarius (L.) [Nitidubdae, CO] Resting on plant Do. 



Bruchus brachialis Fabricius [Bruchidae, CO] do Do. 



Platypalpus sp. [Empididae, DI] Reared from plant Do. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



