Rhinusa asellus (Gravenhorst, 1807)

on Verbascum

gall

elongated galls in the stems, with a weevil larva or pupa; probably the pupae hibernate in the gall.

host plants

Scrophulariaceae, monophagous

Verbascum lychnitis, phlomoides, thapsus.

synonyms

Gymnetron asellus.

references

Buhr (1965a), Delbol (2013a), heinheimer & Hassler (2010a), Tomasi (2014a).