Veronica catenata, Oegstgeest © Koen van Zoest: very young gall

Veronica beccabunga, Erlecom

gall; larve in the -at that moment still thick-walled- gall

larva, lateral view

larva, ventral view

head dorsal and ventral

head and thorax, lateral; end of abdomen, ventral

some, by then thin-walled, galls contained pupae or beetles; pupa, ventral view

pupa, lateral and dorsal

host plants

Plantaginaceae, monophagous

Veronica anagallis-aquatica, anagalloides, beccabunga, catenata, scutellata.

synonyms

Dorytomus, Mecinus, villosulus

references

Béguinot (2000b, 2012a), Bellmann (2012a), Buhr (1965a), Caldara (2008b), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Delbol (2013a), Houard (1909a), Koops (2013a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Rheinheimer & Hassler (2010a), Roskam (2009a), Stănescu (2009a), Tomasi (2014a).