Symphytum officinale, Belgium, prov. Limbourg, Koersel © Carina Van Steenwinkel

Symphytum officinale, Belgium, prov. Antwerp, Mol © Carina Van Steenwinkel

calyces strongly hairy

opened gall with larvae

gall

The flower buds remain closed and are disfigured; often the calyce is densely white-hairy. Inside a number of white or yellowish larvae that cannot jump.

hostplants

Boraginaceae, monophagous

Symphytum asperum, officinale.

synonyms

Cecidomyia, Perrisia, symphyti.

references

Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Groom (2011a), Houard (1909a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Rübsaamen (1892a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1996a, 2000a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Postolovski (2007a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1999a, 2007a, 2010a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Buhr (2013a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dončev & Dimitrova (1991a, 1992a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Stănescu (2009a), Tomasi (2014a).