Vicia sativa, Ooijpolder

Vicia sepium, Belgium, prov. Namur, Dinant © Jean-Yves Baugnée

detail

gall

Leaflets shortened, swollen, discoloured and doubled over the midrib, resembling pods, sometimes in dense knots. Larvae white, 2-4 per gall. Two or three generations per year; pupation in the soil.

host plants

Fabaceae, monophagous

Vicia bithynica, cassubica, cracca & subsp. incana, disperma, grandiflora, ochroleuca, pannonica, sativa & subsp. nigra, sepium, sylvatica, tetrasperma, villosa & subsp. villosa.

Stelter (1992b) only mentions V. sativa with subsp. nigra, and sepium. Not on V. tetrasperma (Flügel, 2016a).

synonyms

Cecidomyia, Perrisia, viciae.

inquilines

Macrolabis vicicola (rarely), Tricholaba similis.

parasitoids, predators

Macroglenes chalybeus; Omphale obscura.

references

Béguinot (2002a,g,h, 2006a, 2997b, 2012a), Bellmann (2012a), Bruun (2015a), Buhr (1965a), Cerasa (2015a), Chinery (2011a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Docters van Leeuwen (1936a), Flügel (2016a), Gagné (2010a), Hansson & Shevtsova (2012a), Ilie & Marinescu (2011a), Kieffer (Kieffer, 1888a, 1891a), Lambinon & Romain (2009a), Lambinon, Schneider & Feitz (2001b), Lehmann & Hannover (2016a), Mirumian (2011a), O’Connor & Wistow (1999a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Simova-Tošić & Skuhravá (2001a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1996a, 2000a, 2004a, 2007a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Postolovski (2007a), Skrzypczyńska (2007a), Skuhravá, Bayram, Çam ao (2005a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1988a, 1992b, 1994a,b, 1997a,b, 1999a,b, 2002a, 2003a, 2005a,c, 2006a, 2007a, 2008a, 2009a,b, 2010a, 2011a, 2012a, 2021a: 301), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Buhr (2013a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dončev & Dimitrova (1991a, 1992a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Hellrigl (2001a, 2002a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Jørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Massa (2007a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Stănescu (2009a), Stelter (1992b), Tavares (1905a), Tomasi (2014a).