Asphondylia scrophulariae Schiner, 1856
on Scrophularia
Scrophularia canina, Greece, Peloponnisos, Argos, 3.iv.2023 © Cor Zonneveld
gall
De flower buds are enlarged and disfigured, the ovary transformed into an, ultimately brown mass. Inside a fungus-lined cavity with a number or orange larva that are unable to jump. Bivoltine, pupation in the gall.
host plants
Scrophulariaceae, monophagous
Scrophularia canina, decipiens, grossheimii, nodosa, umbrosa.
synonyms
Asphondylia scrophularina Tavares, 1919.
references
Bellmann (2012a), Buhr (1965a), Cogolludo (1921a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné & Jaschhof (2014a), Houard (1909a), Mirumian (2011a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Sánchez (2016a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1996a, 2000a, 2004a, 2007a), Skuhravá (1989a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1994a, 1997b, 1999a, 2008a, 2009b, 2011a, 2021a: 261), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Blasco-Zumeta & Pujade-Villar (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Buhr (2013a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dončev & Dimitrova (1991a, 1992a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Kettani (2017a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Tomasi (2012a, 2014a).