Dasineura on Stellaria graminea
on stitchwort
Stellaria graminea, Belgium, prov. Limbourg, Hasselt, Kermt, 14.vii.2019 © Carina Van Steenwinkel
lightly opened flower bud
opened flower bud with larvae
larva
parasite
Several orange larve in the slightly swollen, closed or half-opened flower bud.
host plants
Caryophyllaceae, monophagous
Stellaria graminea.
Possibly also Stellaria holostea.
notes
The species seems to be undescribed. Possibly it concerns the same species as mentioned from flower buds of Stellaria holostea in Roskam (2009). Mainly based on that possibility the illustrated larvae are provisionally placed in the genus Dasineura.
references
Roskam (2009a, “Gallenboek”: 217/218).