Associations
provided by BioImages, the virtual fieldguide, UK
In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / miner
communal larva of Cerodontha iridis mines live leaf of Iris spuria
Other: unusual host/prey
Foodplant / open feeder
larva of Rhadinoceraea micans grazes on live leaf edge of Iris spuria
Comments
provided by eFloras
B. Mathew (l.c.) regards I. spuria as a "species aggregate" and recognizes 8 subspecies under it. Three of these subspecies, subsp. halophila (Pallas) B. Mathew & Wendelbo, subsp. sogdiana (Bunge) B. Mathew and subsp. notha (M. Bieb.) Aschers & Graebn. occur in Pakistan.
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