Aphalara polygoni Foerster 1848

Aphalara polygoni Foerster, 1848 Feeds on Rumex sp. according to Głowacka and Harizanov (1983) and Głowacka (1989). The confirmed host plants are Rumex acetosa L., R. acetosella L. and R. scutatus L. (Ossiannilsson 1992, Burckhardt and Lauterer 1997 a). Distribution General distribution. Northern, Central and Eastern Europe (Burckhardt and Lauterer 1997 a). Distribution in Bulgaria (Fig. 9). Published records: RRW, ROP (Głowacka and Harizanov 1983, Głowacka 1989, as A. rumicicola); without locality data (Pramatarova et al. 2023); RRW (Pramatarova et al. 2024). Material examined: PKZ, PSL, RPM, RPP, RPR, RRW. Diagnosis Adult and fifth-instar immature. Ossiannilsson (1992), as A. rumicicola. According to Burckhardt and Lauterer (1997 a), A. rumicicola Klimaszewski, 1966 is a junior synonym of A. polygoni.