INSECTS ASSOCIATED WITH WILD PLANTS IN EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST 19 



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 Countr y 



Cirsium arvense (L.) Scopoli: 



Altica carduorum (Guerin-MeneviUe) [Chrysomelidae, CO] France. 



Apion detritum Rey [Curculionidae, CO] Reared from stem Italy. 



Bruchidius sp. [Bruchidae, CO] Reared from head Germany. 



Cassida prob. vibex L. [Chrysomelidae, CO] Reared from foliage Yugoslavia 



Ceutorhynchus litura (Fabricius) [Curculionidae, CO] Resting on plant Switzerland 



Chaetostomella onotrophes (Loew) [Tephritidae, DI] Reared from plant Germany. 



Cleonus piger (Scopoli) [Curculionidae, CO] Reared from root Italy. 



Cochylis near hybridella (Hiibner) [Cochylidae, LE] Reared from head Yugoslavia 



Corticaria sp. [Lathridiidae, CO] do Germany. 



Epuraea sp. [Nitidulidae, CO] Reared from plant Do. 



Eurytoma robusta Mayr [Eurytomidae, HY] Reared from head Do. 



Eurytoma tibialis Boheman [Eurytomidae, HY] do Do. 



Eurytoma tibialis Boheman [Eurytomidae, HY] do Yugoslavia. 



Larinus planus (Fabricius) [Curculionidae, CO] Feeding on plant Germany. 



Larinus planus (Fabricius) [Curculionidae, CO] Reared from head Do. 



Larinus planus (Fabricius) [Curculionidae, CO] Switzerland 



Larinus planus (Fabricius) [Curculionidae, CO] Resting on plant Spain. 



Larinus turbinatus Gyllenhal [Curculionidae, CO] Reared from head Italy. 



Larinus turbinatus Gyllenhal [Curculionidae, CO] do Germany. 



Larinus turbinatus Gyllenhal [Curculionidae, CO] do Yugoslavia. 



Larinus turbinatus Gyllenhal [Curculionidae, CO] Resting on plant Germany. 



Larinus turbinatus Gyllenhal [Curculionidae, CO] France. 



Lema cyanella L. [Chrysomelidae, CO] England. 



Meligethes sp. [Nitidulidae, CO] Reared from plant Italy. 



Ormyrus punctiger Westwood [Ormyridae, HY] Reared from head Yugoslavia. 



Otiorhynchus sp. [Curculionidae, CO] Reared from plant Germany. 



Philaenus spumarius (L.) [Cercopidae, H-HO] On plant Italy. 



Phora sp. [Phoridae, DI] Reared from plant Germany. 



Pyroderces argyrogrammos (Zeller) [Cosmopterigidae, LE] do Italy. 



Sitona sp. [Curculionidae, CO] Reared from head Germany. 



Sphaeroderma rubidum (Graells) [Chrysomelidae, CO] Switzerland 



Sphaeroderma testaceum L. [Chrysomelidae, CO] Do. 



Stictopleurus punctatonervosus (Goeze) [Rhopalidae, H— HE] Resting on head Germany. 



Tychius quinquepunctatus (L.) [Curculionidae, CO] Swept from plant Italy. 



Urophora stylata (Fabricius) [Tephritidae, DI] Reared from head Yugoslavia.. 



Cirsium odontolepis Boissier: 



Porphyrinia purpurina (Denis & Schiffermuller) [Noctuidae, LE] Reared from plant Italy. 



Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Tenore: 



Adscita sp. [Zygaenidae, LE] do Do. 



Altica carduorum (Guerin-Meneville [Chrysomelidae, CO] Feeding on leaf Do. 



Apion sp. [Curculionidae, CO] Reared from crown Do. 



Cleonus morbillosus (Fabricius) [Curculionidae, CO] Reared from head France. 



Cleonus piger (Scopoli) [Curculionidae, CO] Reared from root Germany. 



Cleonus piger (Scopoli) [Curculionidae, CO] On plant Italy. 



Epiblema near pflugiana (Fabricius) [Tortricidae, LE] Reared from stem Do. 



Eupithecia sp. [Geometridae, LE] Reared from head France. 



Eurytoma robusta Mayr [Eurytomidae, HY] do Italy. 



Eurytoma tibialis Boheman [Eurytomidae, HY] do France. 



Homeosoma near nebulella (Denis & Schiffermuller) [Pyralidae, LE] do Italy. 



Larinus planus (Fabricius) [Curculionidae, CO] do Germany. 



Larinus sturnus (Schaller) [Curculionidae, CO] do France. 



Larinus sturnus (Schaller) [Curculionidae, CO] do Italy. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



