Contarinia coronillae Janežič, 1978
on Hippocrepis, Securigera
Hippocrepis emerus: three galled leaflets; Janežič (1978a)
gall
Up to six white, jumping larvae develop in a pod-like swollen leaflet. Several generations; the summer-generations pupate in the galls, the larvae of the ultimate generation hibernate and pupate in the soil.
hostplants
Fabaceae, narrowly oligophagous
Hippocrepis emerus & subsp. emeroides; Securigera varia.
all formerly in the genus Coronilla.
references
Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gangé (2010a), Janežič (1978a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1996a, 2000a, 2004a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2008a, 2011a).