EPPO Global Database

Gonioctena fornicata(GONCFO)

Hosts

Important note about the classification of host plants in GD:
Categories have been assigned by the EPPO Secretariat on the basis of available data at the time of entry. They correspond to a qualitative evaluation of the importance of the host plant for the pest concerned and remain indicative only.
Further explanation of categories is available in the guide.
Organism Type
Medicago sativa (MEDSA) Major host
* Baris A, Yücel C, Gök N (2021) [Distribution, density and population monitoring of Gonioctena fornicata (Brüggemann, 1873) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in lucerne fields of Bolu, Zonguldak and Bartın provinces]. Bitki Koruma Bülteni 61(1), 15-20 (in Turkish).

* Brovdii VM (1976) [The lucerne leaf-beetle (Gonioctena fornicata Bruggm.) - a serious pest of lucerne in the south-western regions of the European part of the Soviet Union]. Dopovidi Akademii Nauk Ukrains'koi RSR, B No.5, .457-459 (abst).

* Petanec DI, Micu LM, Bizau G, Cotuna O (2015) Study on the evolution of the Coleoptera in the alfalfa crop in the Sag - Timiş. Research Journal of Agricultural Science 47(1), 153-158.
Medicago falcata (MEDFA) Host
* Brovdii VM (1976) [The lucerne leaf-beetle (Gonioctena fornicata Bruggm.) - a serious pest of lucerne in the south-western regions of the European part of the Soviet Union]. Dopovidi Akademii Nauk Ukrains'koi RSR, B No.5, .457-459 (abst).
------- Adult and larval host.
Medicago lupulina (MEDLU) Host
* Brovdii VM (1976) [The lucerne leaf-beetle (Gonioctena fornicata Bruggm.) - a serious pest of lucerne in the south-western regions of the European part of the Soviet Union]. Dopovidi Akademii Nauk Ukrains'koi RSR, B No.5, .457-459 (abst).
------- Adult and larval host.
Trifolium pratense (TRFPR) Host
* Brovdii VM (1976) [The lucerne leaf-beetle (Gonioctena fornicata Bruggm.) - a serious pest of lucerne in the south-western regions of the European part of the Soviet Union]. Dopovidi Akademii Nauk Ukrains'koi RSR, B No.5, .457-459 (abst).
------- Adults and larvae occasionally feed on T. pratense (in Ukraine and Moldova).
Trifolium repens (TRFRE) Host
* Brovdii VM (1976) [The lucerne leaf-beetle (Gonioctena fornicata Bruggm.) - a serious pest of lucerne in the south-western regions of the European part of the Soviet Union]. Dopovidi Akademii Nauk Ukrains'koi RSR, B No.5, .457-459 (abst).
------- Adults and larvae occasionally feed on T. repens (in Ukraine and Moldova).