Contarinia picridis (Kieffer, 1894)
on Picris
gall
The leaves are deformed and creased, and long-hairy. In the folds yellowish larvae that can jump. Pupation in the soil or in the gall.
host plants
Asteraceae, narrowly monophagous
Picris hieracioides & subp. spinulosa.
A record on Helminthotheca echioides by Tomasi (2014a) needs further confirmation.
larva
spatula with papillae (from Möhn, 1955a)
synonyms
Stictodiplosis picridis.
notes
the galls resemble those of Jaapiella picridis, and sometimes larvae of both species co-occur in the same gall.
references
Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Houard (1909a), Möhn (1955a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1994a, 2021a: 184), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a), Tomasi (2012a, 2014a).