Asphondylia serpylli Kieffer, 1898
on Thymus
gall
The flower bud is disfigured and remains closed; the calyx has twice its normal size. Inner wall of the gall lined with mycelium. Larva red, solitary. Pupation within the gall. Bivoltine.
hostplants
Lamiaceae, monophagous
Thymus odoratissimus, praecox subsp. polytrichus, pulegioides & subsp. chamaedrys, serpyllum, vulgaris.
parasitoids
see Viggiani
synonyms
Asphondylia proxima Kieffer, 1909; A. thymi Kieffer, 1898.
references
Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné & Jaschhof (2014a), Houard (1909a), Kieffer (1909a), Malagaris (2011a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Simova-Tošić & Skuhravá (2001a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2000a, 2004a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Postolovski (2007a), Skuhravá (1989a, 2011b), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1994a, 1997b, 1999a, 2021a: 279), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Blasco-Zumeta & Pujade-Villar (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Viggiani (2020a).