Plant Host Records

Plant Host Records - Cydnidae
List by Cydnid Species

Amnestinae

Amnestus sp.
Solanaceae
Nicotiana tabacum (Quintanilla et al., 1976)

Cydninae

Aethus indicus (Fabricius)
Asteraceae
Xanthium strumarium (Baloch et al., 1968; Hilgendorf & Goeden, 1982)

Byrsinus flavicornis (Fabricius)
Poaceae
Koeleria glauca (Wagner, 1941, as Cydnus flavicornis)

Byrsinus pilosulus (Klug)
    Chenopodiaceae
        Suaeda pruinosa (Linnavuori, 1986)
        Suaeda sp. (Wagner, 1963, as Aethus pilosulus)

Crocistethus waltlianus (Fieber)
Fabaceae
Artemisia herba-alba (Ribes et al., 1997)

Cydnus aterrimus (Förster)
Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia sp. (Wagner, 1955)

Cyrtomenus bergi Froeschner
Solanaceae
Nicotiana tabacum (Quintanilla et al., 1976)

Cyrtomenus ciliatus (Palisot de Beauvois)
Solanaceae
Solanum andigena (Venturi, 1966)

Cyrtomenus grossus (Dallas)
Solanaceae
Solanum andigena (Venturi, 1966)

Cyrtomenus mirabilis (Perty)
Cyperaceae
Cyperus esculentus (Hart, 1919)

Geotomus brunnipennis Wagner
Brassicaceae
Eruca sp. (Dusoulier & Lupoli, 2006)

Geotomus elongatus (Herrich-Schäffer)
    Brassicaceae
        Eruca vesicaria (Ribes et al., 1997)
        Sinapis sp. (Wagner, 1939)

Melanaethus subglaber (Walker)
    Fabaceae
        Prosopis sp. (Ward et al., 1977)
    Poaceae
        Bouteloua eriopoda (Watts, 1963)
    Verbenaceae
        Lantana sp. (Palmer & Pullen, 1995)

Microporus nigritus (Fabricius)
Onagraceae
Oenothera biennis (Wagner, 1941, as Cydnus nigritus)

Microporus obliquus (Uhler)
    Fabaceae
        Prosopis sp. (Ward et al., 1977)
    Poaceae
        Bouteloua eriopoda (Watts, 1963)
        Sporobolus cryptandrus (Stoner, 1920)

Pangaeus bilineatus (Say)
Asteraceae
Baccharis neglecta (Palmer, 1987)

Pangaeus congruus (Uhler)
Fabaceae
Prosopis sp. (Ward et al., 1977)

Pangaeus piceatus Stål
Fabaceae
Glycine max (Venturi, 1966)

Scaptocoris castaneus
Poaceae
Oryza sativa (Venturi, 1966)

Stibaropus henkei
Poaceae
Elymus sp. (Derjanschi & Péricart, 2005)

Scaptocorinae

Atarsocoris brachiariae Becker
Poaceae
Urochloa humidicola (Becker, 1996, as Brachiaria humidicola)

Sehirinae

Adomerus biguttatus (Linnaeus)
    Lamiaceae
        Stachys sp. (Dusoulier & Lupoli, 2006)
    Scrophulariaceae
        Melampyrum pratense (Wagner, 1958, as Sehirus biguttatus)
        Melampyrum sp. (Dusoulier & Lupoli, 2006)

Canthophorus dubius (Scopoli)
    Asteraceae
        Helichrysum sp. (Villiers, 1945)
    Cupressaceae
        Juniperus foetidissima (Lindberg, 1948, as Sehirus dubius)
    Pinaceae
        Pinus nigra pallasiana (Lindberg, 1948, as Pinus pallasiana & Sehirus dubius)
    Santalaceae
        Thesium sp. (Villiers, 1945; Wagner, 1955, as Sehirus dubius)

Canthophorus fuscipennis (Horváth)
Valerianaceae
Centranthus angustifolius (Horváth, 1899)

Canthophorus impressus (Horváth)
Santalaceae
Thesium sp. (Wagner, 1958, as Sehirus impressus)

Canthophorus maculipes (Mulsant & Rey)
    Valerianaceae
        Centranthus angustifolius (Horváth, 1899; Villiers, 1945)
        Centranthus ruber (Seidenstücker, 1957, as Sehirus maculipes; Dusoulier & Lupoli, 2006)

Canthophorus melanopterus (Herrich-Schäffer)
    Asteraceae
        Artemisia sp. (Dusoulier & Lupoli, 2006)
        Helichrysum sp. (Dusoulier & Lupoli, 2006)
        Hieracium sp. (Dusoulier & Lupoli, 2006)
    Santalaceae
        Thesium sp. (Wagner, 1955, as Sehirus melanopterus)

Legnotus fumigatus (Costa)
    Cistaceae
        Cistus sp. (Dusoulier & Lupoli, 2006)
    Rosaceae
        Crataegus sp. (Dusoulier & Lupoli, 2006)

Legnotus limbosus (Geoffroy)
    Ranunculaceae
        Clematis recta (Villiers, 1945)
    Rubiaceae
        Galium sp. (Dusoulier & Lupoli, 2006)

Legnotus picipes (Fallén)
Rubiaceae
Galium sp. (Wagner, 1941, as Gnathoconus picipes; Villiers, 1945; Dusoulier & Lupoli, 2006)

Ochetostethus nanus (Herrich-Schäffer)
    Asteraceae
        Artemisia campestris (Wagner, 1941)
    Fagaceae
        Quercus infectoria (Lindberg, 1948)
    Pinaceae
        Pinus nigra pallasiana (Lindberg, 1948, as Pinus pallasiana)
    Poaceae
        Koeleria glauca (Wagner, 1941)

Ochetostethus tarsalis (Mulsant & Rey)
Chenopodiaceae
Suaeda vera (Ribes et al., 1997)

Sehirus cinctus (Palisot de Beauvois)
    Apocynaceae
        Apocynum cannabinum (McPherson & Mohlenbrock, 1976)
    Lamiaceae
        Galeopsis tetrahit (Torre-Bueno, 1935; Larochelle, 1983)
        Lamium purpureum (Sites & McPherson, 1982)
        Marrubium vulgare (Jones, 1993)
        Monarda punctata (Hart, 1919)
        Teucrium canadense (McPherson & Mohlenbrock, 1976)

Sehirus luctuosus Mulsant & Rey
Boraginaceae
Myosotis sp. (Dusoulier & Lupoli, 2006)

Sehirus morio (Linnaeus)
    Boraginaceae
        Anchusa azurea (Rabitsch, 2004)
        Anchusa sp. (Dusoulier & Lupoli, 2006)
        Cynoglossum sp. (Dusoulier & Lupoli, 2006)

Tritomegas bicolor (Linnaeus)
    Asteraceae
        Silybum marianum (Goeden, 1976)
    Lamiaceae
        Ballota sp. (Dusoulier & Lupoli, 2006)

Tritomegas sexmaculatus (Rambur)
    Apiaceae
        Daucus carota (Fahringer, 1922, as Sehirus sexmaculatus)
    Lamiaceae
        Ballota bicolor (Wagner, 1955, as Sehirus sexmaculatus)
        Ballota nigra (Villiers, 1945; Rabitsch, 2004)
        Lamium sp. (Dusoulier & Lupoli, 2006)
        Marrubium peregrinum (Rabitsch, 2004)
        Marrubium sp. (Dusoulier & Lupoli, 2006)
        Menta longifolia (Rabitsch, 2004)
    Urticaceae
        Parietaria sp. (Dusoulier & Lupoli, 2006)
        Urtica sp. (Dusoulier & Lupoli, 2006)

Tritomegas theryi (Lindberg)
Lamiaceae
Marrubium vulgare (Eckerlein & Wagner, 1970)

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updated: 02 October 2008

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