Ametrodiplosis duclosii (Tavares, 1930)
Diptera, Cecidomyiidae
on Stellaria
Stellaria alsine, Belgium, prov. Namur, Chimay, Forge-Jean-Petit, les Hauts-Marais; leg Sébastien Carbonnelle, foto © Stéphane Claerebout
gall also terminal
the gall consists of two adpressed leaves
pupation within the gall
gall
Lateral, more rarely terminal buds transformed into a unilocular gall of c. 5 mm length. Larva solitary. Pupation in the gall. Univoltine.
hostplants
Caryophyllaceae, (narrowly?) monophagous
Stellaria alsine, graminea.
S. alsine is a new hostplant.
synonyms
Nouryodiplosis duclosii.
references
Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Stelter (1961a).
23/08/2015
mod 28.vi.2017