13.02. Phloeosinus thujae (Perris, 1855)
Presence
E: AL AU BE BH BU CR CZ FR GB GE GR HU IT MA MC NL PL PT RO SK SL SP ST SZ UK YU
N: AG CI EG LB MO TU
A: TR
Figure 53: Phloeosinus thujae, dorsal, lateral (Photo: Maja Jurc)
Older catalogs and keys – citations of name
Fuchs 1905: Phloeosinus thujae Perris; Freude, Harde, Lohse 1981: Phloeosinus thujae Perris; Pfeffer & Knížek 1993: Phloeosinus thujae (Perris, 1855) a. th. thujae s. str.; Pfeffer 1995: Phloeosinus thujae thujae (Perris, 1855).
Figure 54: Phloeosinus thujae, distribution map according to historical and recent data
Ecology and presence in Slovenia
The species is distributed in central and southern Europe, the Crimea, the Caucasus, North Africa, and Asia Minor. Hosts include Juniperus communis, J. sibirica, J. sabina, Thuja occidentalis, T. orientalis, T. plicata, Thujopsis dolabrata, Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, C. pisifera, Tsuga heterophylla and Sequoiadendron giganteum. P. thujae is rare in Slovenia, but the species has been found on a relatively large number of host plants: Cupressus sempervirens, Ficus carica, Juniperus communis and Thuja occidentalis (Figure 54). Adult length is 1.5-2.2 mm. The flagellum at the end of the antennae is ovate, and the end elytra have denticles arranged in rows (Figure 53).