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Lixus iridis · maudinis stiebastraublis

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lixus_iridis It is found in Europe. The adults grow up to 12–17 mm long. The body is oblong and features a yellow-grey coloration. There are three faint longitudinal grey grooves on the prothorax and the abdomen. Elbowed (characteristic of true weevils) and thin antennae are placed on the upper third of the straight and cylindrical rostrum which is as long as the prothorax. Finally, they have thin legs with little thickened femurs.

Host plants are Apiaceae species. Cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) is the main host plant. The larva lives in the hollow stem. Here also pupation takes place, in a pupal cocoon. Sometimes this results in a weak fusiform swelling of an internodium.

Kūnas 12 - 22 mm. Gelsvai rusvas, žalsvas. Vabalai ištįsę, antenos plonos. Lervos vystosi dėmėtosios maudos ir kitų salierinių stiebuose. Lietuvoje nedažnas.