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Elasmucha grisea (Linnaeus) (Parent Bug)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Elasmucha grisea Dark stage of imago, prior to hibernation 25 September 2005 Berks England 4

Suggested Literature

Elasmucha grisea may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
HEMIPTERA
(bugs)
ACANTHOSOMATIDAE
(a family of shieldbugs)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Elasmucha grisea is associated with:

Photos nymph Betula - birches (Betulaceae) nymph sucks sap of young catkin (female) UK/Ireland Hawkins, R.D., 1985

Associated with Elasmucha grisea:

Photos is endoparasitoid host of larva Subclytia rotundiventris - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Belshaw, R., 1993 [NHM]

Elasmucha grisea may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

References

Belshaw, R., 1993 Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)
Hawkins, R.D., 1985 Some foods of Heteroptera larvae in the wild

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