N. M. Paramonov and L. E. Lobkova

New host plants for larvae of Cylindrotoma distinctissima distinctissima (Meigen, 1818) (Diptera: Cylindrotomidae).

Number: 258, Pages: 6 - 8

The feeding of larvae of the crane fly Cylindrotoma distinctissima is firstly observed on Saussurea pseudotilesii Lipsch., Cirsium kamtschaticum Ledeb. ex DC. (Asteraceae), Trientalis europeae L. ssp. arctica (Fisch. ex Hook.) Hult. (Primulaceae) and Maianthemum dilatatum (Wood) Nels. et Macbr. (Liliaceae) is firstly reported as host plant for nominotypical subspecies.

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