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).