Insects Associated with the European Mistletoe (Viscum album) in Western Ukraine: a Pilot Study

• Published in: Zoodiversity (Vestnik Zoologii)
• Date: 2023
• Volume: 57
• Issue: 5
• ISSN: 2707-7268
• Author Affiliations: A. M. Zamoroka — Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine — ORCID: 0000-0001-5692-7997; V. Yu. Shparyk — Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine — ORCID: 0000-0001-8047-6356; I. Ya. Dovhaniuk — Uzhhorod National University, Uzhhorod, Ukraine; O. O. Varga — Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine
• Main Authors: Zamoroka, A. M., Shparyk, V. Yu., Dovhaniuk, I. Ya., Varga, O. O.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2023
• Online Access: https://ojs.akademperiodyka.org.ua/index.php/Zoodiversity/article/view/468
• Journal Title: Zoodiversity

The first insect-targeted study of the European mistletoe, Viscum album L., was conducted in Ukraine. In total, 35 species of insects reared from mistletoe were identified to belong to 5 orders, 20 families and 34 genera. Twenty-seven identified species were reared from mistletoe for the first time,...