Dasineura miki (Kieffer, 1909)

on Centaurea

Centaurea jacea, Norway, Sørkedalen, Finnerud, 11.viii.2022 © Hallvard Elven: female

Centaurea jacea, Norway, Sørkedalen, Finnerud, 7.viii.2019 © Hallvard Elven: larva

Centaurea jacea, Norway, Sørkedalen, Finnerud, 7.viii.2019 © Hallvard Elven: larva

Centaurea jacea, Norway, Sørkedalen, Finnerud, 11.viii.2022 © Hallvard Elven: larva

Centaurea jacea, Norway, Sørkedalen, Finnerud, 11.viii.2022 © Hallvard Elven: male

Centaurea jacea, Norway, Sørkedalen, Finnerud, 11.viii.2022 © Hallvard Elven: male

Centaurea spec., Belgium, prov. Namur, Petigny, Les Roches, 26.v.2020 © Stéphane Claerebout: larvae emerging from the capitulum

larva, ventral, with spatula

gall

The flower heads are underdeveloped, they are hairy and incompletely opened. Inside live orange-yellow larvae.

hostplants

Asteraceae, monophagous

Centaurea scabiosa.

inquilines

the parvae are predated by Lestodiplosis miki.

references

Buhr (1964b), Kieffer (1909a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1999a, 2021a: 73), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Jørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a).