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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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).
* 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).
