Myopites stylatus (Fabricius, 1794)
on Dittrichia
Dittrichia viscosa, Sardinia, Santa Teresa Gallura © Luigi Lenzini
Dittrichia viscosa, Spain, prov. Barcelona, Cornellà de Llobrega © Jordi Montobbio: young galll
Dittrichia viscosa, Spain, prov. Barcelona, Terrassa © Jordi Montobbio: detail
Dittrichia viscosa, Spain, prov. Barcelona, Sant Quize del Vallés © Jordi Montobbio: mature gall
Dittrichia viscosa, Spain, prov. Barcelona, Sabadell © Jordi Montobbio: old gall
gall
The receptaculum is transformed into a smooth sphere; a few galled achenes, crowned by pappus hairs emerge as narrow cones from the gall; the other achenes are aborted and are arranged around the gall.
hostplants
Asteraceae, monophagous
Dittrichia vicosa.
synonyms
Myopites stylata. Dauphin & Aniosbehere and many authors on the internet designate this species as M. limbardae (Schiner, 1863) and M. olivieri Kieffer, 1899. PESI (2018) does not know this names, but several internet sources give the impression that M. stylatus should be the valid name.
parasitoids, predators
Eupelmus confusus, gemellus, kiefferi, muellneri, urozonus; Eurytoma inulae; Ormyrus orientalis; Pteromalus myopitae; Torymoides kiesenwetteri.
references
Askew & Mifsud (2016a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Dirlbeck (1974a), Ebejer (2015a), Franco-Micán, Castro & Campos, (2020a), Freidberg (1979a), Gómez, Hernández Nieves, Gayubo & Nieves-Aldrey (2017a), Houard (1909a), Neuenschwander & Freidberg (1983a), Pujade (1994a), Tavares (1905a).