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Holcus L.

Mesiheinät
Holcus [BONAP]
Holcus [DVF]

Foodplants for Aphantopus hyperantus, Coleophora ornatipennella, Crypsedra gemmea, Elachista apicipunctella, E. chrysodesmella, E. herrichii, E. humilis, E. maculicerusella, Hesperia comma, Hipparchia syriaca, Melanargia galathea, Thymelicus sylvestris

Holcus lanatus L.

Karvamesiheinä Yorkshire-fog Creeping Velvetgrass Velvet Grass Luddtåtel
Holcus lanatus [RUNEBERG]
Holcus lanatus ; [RK, 607]; [SK, 80]; [GMBOT, 137]

507x769 (~67Kb) Estonia, Hiiumaa Tiharu, 15.6.2002 © Harri Arkkio	1335x987 (~310Kb) Lithuania: Dzukija, Marcinkonys, 16.7.2008, Photo © Harri Arkkio	1371x1028 (~178Kb) Lithuania: Dzukija, Marcinkonys, 16.7.2008, Photo © Harri Arkkio
1147x880 (~142Kb) Lithuania: Dzukija, Marcinkonys, 16.7.2008, Photo © Harri Arkkio	1293x961 (~167Kb) Lithuania: Dzukija, Marcinkonys, 16.7.2008, Photo © Harri Arkkio

Foodplant for Coleophora lixella, Elachista albifrontella, E. nobilella, Hipparchia fagi, Thymelicus acteon, T. sylvestris

Holcus mollis L.

Pehmytmesiheinä Creeping Soft-grass German Velvetgrass Lentåtel
Holcus mollis ; [RK, 607]; [SK, 80]

578x979 (~118Kb) Finland, Geta, Finnö, 1.7.2005, Photo © Harri Arkkio

527x1044 (~44Kb) Finland, Geta, Finnö, 1.7.2005, Photo © Harri Arkkio

950x622 (~112Kb) Finland, Geta, Finnö, 1.7.2005, Photo © Harri Arkkio

Foodplant for Elachista albifrontella, E. argentella, E. bifasciella, E. canapennella, E. rufocinerea, E. unifasciella?, Hipparchia fagi

24.11.1998 (2)

References:

[BONAP]

A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; A data base interface; BONAP U.S. Checklist - 1998; Provided by TAMU-BWG; Texas A & M Bioinformatics Working Group; Based on; Biota of North America Program

[DVF]

Den Virtuella floran; http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/welcome.html; Ett projekt vid Naturhistoriska riksmuseet (Stockholm, Sweden).; Even for non-Swedish speaker, the distribution maps on species are nice (map buttons "Norden" and "Norra halvklotet")

[GMBOT]

Robinson, Benjamin L., Fernald, Merrit Lyndon, 1908; Gray's New Manual of Botany (7th edition); A Handbook of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Central and Northeastern United States and adjacent Canada; American Book Company

[Harri Arkkio]

Finland; For the time being these pictures are only for this site. Other usage not allowed.

[RK]

Hämet-Ahti, L., Suominen, J., Ulvinen, T. & Uotila, P. (eds), 1998; Retkeilykasvio (Field Flora of Finland); Ed. 4. 656 pp.; Finnish Museum of Natural History, Botanical Museum. Helsinki

[RUNEBERG]

Project Runeberg: Nordic literature online; Project Runeberg; Bilder ur Nordens Fauna (Carl Axel Magnus Lindman)

[SK]

Mela, A. J., Cajander, A. K., 1906; Suomen Kasvio; Viides painos

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