Malva moschata Linnaeus 1753 (Family Malvaceae)


Plant

Leaf

Flower

Fruit

Height: 40-80cm
Perennial
Hermaphrodite, Flowering July - September (Earliest: 9.6)

Biotopes:
Meadows
Flower Visitors:
Many Apidae

Thymelicus sylvestris

Macroglossum stellatarum

Several Syrphidae

Several Tachinidae

Meromyza femorata

Haematobosca stimulans

Fannia similis

Saltella sphondylii

Dasytes niger

Astylogethes corvinus

Rhagonycha fulva
Parasites:
Ramularia keithii

Liriomyza bryoniae

Lixus pulverulentus Larva (Stem Borer)

Aspidapion aeneum Larva (Stem Borer)
Herbivores:
Columba palumbus

Vanessa cardui

Cnephasia asseclana

Cnephasia stephensiana

Euplexia lucipara Larva

Larentia clavaria Larva

Podagrica fuscicornis

Lixus pulverulentus
Sapivores:
Aphis fabae

Aulacorthum solani

Closterotomus norwegicus

Lygus rugulipennis

Eupteryx atropunctata
Granivores:
Columba palumbus

Passer domesticus

Ecological Flora of the British Isles


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