Plants:
Caryophyllaceae
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Cerastium species (mouse-ears):
Dip: Delia
echinata, Delia floregia, Pegomya holosteae, Scaptomyza graminum
Lep: Coleophora
lithargyrinella, Coleophora
solitariella, Caryocolum junctella
Cerastium arvense (Field Mouse-ear):
Lep: Coleophora chalcogramella
Cerastium fontanum (Common Mouse-ear):
Dip: Delia
echinata, Pegomya flavifrons
Lep: Caryocolum alsinella
Cerastium semidecandrum (Little Mouse-ear):
Lep: Caryocolum alsinella, Caryocolum marmoreum
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