Chermes urticae Linnaeus, 1758: 454.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — France. Alpes-Maritimes, Saint-Martin-Vésubie, M09-BOR1400-T1-M2, 1♂, 1♀ (MNHN); same locality, M09-BOR1400-T2-M2, 4♂ (MNHN); same locality, M09-BOR1400-T8-M2, 1♀ (MNHN); same locality, M09-BOR1400-T1-M1, 5♂, 2♀ (MNHN); Alpes-Maritimes, Valdeblore, M 09-SES2000-T2-M2, 1♀ (MNHN); Alpes-Maritimes, Saorge, M 10-CAI1400-T1-M1, 2♂, 3♀ (MNHN); same locality, M10-CAI1400-T1-M2, 1♂, 7♀ (MNHN); same locality, M10-CAI1400-T2-M2, 1♂, 2♀ (MNHN); same locality, M10- CAI1400-T3-M2, 1♂ (MNHN); same locality, M10-CAI1400-T4- M2, 1♂ (MNHN); same locality, M10-CAI2000-T1-M2, 1♂ (MNHN); same locality, M10-CAI2000-T7-M2, 3♀ (MNHN); same locality, M10-CAI2000-T2-M1, 1♂ (MNHN); same locality, M10- CAI2000-T2-M1, 1♂ (MNHN); same locality, M10-CAI2000-T3- M1, 2♂ (MNHN); same locality, M10-CAI2000-T7-M1, 5♂, 2♀ (MNHN); Alpes-Maritimes, Moulinet, Col de Turini, piste de Gasta-Fume, 1625 m, 43°58’27.1482”N- 7°23’42.7374”E, 02.VII.2008, C. Cocquempot (CBGP), 8 adults; Alpes-Maritimes, Moulinet, Col de Turini, 1610 m, 43°58’37.56”N- 7°23’30.7782”E, 09.VII.2009, on herbaceous plants, C. Cocquempot (CBGP), 13 adults; Alpes-Maritimes, Lantosque, Col d’Andrion (Col du Fort), 1990 m, 44°1’3.8202”N- 7°15’12.1206”E, 13.VII.2009, on Epilobium angustifolium L., C. Cocquempot (CBGP), 10 adults; Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Colmars-les-Alpes, Ratéry, 1670 m, 44°11’16.5804”N- 6°39’15.4548”E, 10.VII.2011, on Urtica sp., C. Cocquempot (CBGP), 3 adults.
DISTRIBUTION. — Fauna Europaea: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy (mainland + Sardinia + Sicily), Malta, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (mainland + Balearic Is.), Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; INPN: no data; additional data from Psyl’list: Afghanistan, Algeria, Caucasus, China, Hungary, India, Iran, Japan, Lithuania, Portugal (Madeira), Mongolia, Tadzhikistan, Turkey, West Himalaya (Uttaranchal = Uttarakhand).
COMMENTS
Description in Hodkinson & White (1979a) and Ossiannilsson (1992). Biology in Ossiannilsson (1992), Lauterer (1994, 2011) and Conci et al. (1996). Host-plants: several species of Urtica (Urticaceae).