Dasyhelea (Pseudoculicoides) turficola Kieffer, 1925

Dasyhelea turficola Kieffer, 1925a: 15 .

Dasyhelea grenieri Clastrier, 1966: 703 .

Dasyhelea malibui Yu, 2008: 165 .

Distribution

Great Britain, Ireland, Sweden, Estonia, Lithuania, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast, Ussuri Land), Poland, Czech Republic, Belgium, France, Spain (Iberian Peninsula, Canaries: Tenerife), Georgia, Morocco, Algeria, Israel (Dominiak & Szadziewski 2010).

Biology

Dasyhelea turficola larvae are known to inhabit peat bogs and moist soil close to fresh and salt-water bodies. Adults of the species visit umbelliferous flowers (Dominiak 2012). Previously, D. turficola have been collected in Johannisfors (Dominiak & Szadziewski 2010).