Genista pilosa, France, Jura, Charchilla © Bertrand Cotte

detail

galled leaflet

larva

gall

Leaflet hypertrophied, looks like a pod. Larva solitary; pupation in the soil.

host plants

Fabaceae, (narrowly?) monophagous

Genista pilosa.

distribution within Europe

(PESI, 2018).

synonyms

Perrisia genistarum.

references

Buhr (1964b), Gagné (2010a), Kieffer (1909a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1996a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2021a: 121).