Senecio ovatus, Belgium, prov. Namur, Olloy-sur-Viroin © Sébastien Carbonnelle

gall

Larvae in deformed, fleshy, leaf buds, or in the hollowed receptacle of the flower heads. One or a few yellow or pink larvae in a gall. Hibernation in the ground, probably univoltine.

hostplants

Asteraceae, narrowly oligophagous

Jacobaea vulgaris; Senecio nemorensis, ovatus & subsp. stabianus, sarracenicus, sylvaticus.

synonyms

Stictodiplosis aequalis.

references

Béguinot (2000b, 2007b, 2012a), Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Houard (1909a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Seidel (1957a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2004a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1988a, 1992b, 1994a, 1997a, 1999a,b, 2003a, 2005b,c, 2006a, 2010a,b), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Tomasi (2014a).