Dasineura tubicoloides Gagné, 2004
on Cytisus
Cytisus scoparius, galls (from Houard, 1909a)
Cytisus scoparius, Nationaal Park de Meinweg 5.i.2020 © Ernest vn Asseldonk, Stichting Koekeloere
detail

Cytisus scoparius, Belgium, prov.Brabant Wallon, Chaumont-Gistoux © Jean-Yves Baugnée
gall
A lateral bud has been transformed in a tube with a two- of four-toothed top. The larva lives in the basal part of the tube. The section above the larva is clad at the inside with upwards directed hairs that prevent access to the larva, but permit an easy passage to the larva when it quits the gall to pupate in the soil.
host plants
Fabaceae, narrowly monophagous
Cytisus albus, eriocarpus, grandiflorus, hirsutus, scoparius, striatus.
synonyms
Cecidomyia, Dasineura, Perrisia, tubicola (Kieffer, 1889), preocc.
notes
The white line on the picture probably is a mine of Leucoptera spartifoliella, a bark miner.
references
Béguinot (2000b, 2006a, 2007b), Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Houard (1909a), Kieffer (1890a, 1891a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1997b, 1999a, 2021a: 91), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Blasco-Zumeta & Pujade-Villar (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Tavares (1905a).