Janetiella convolvuli Mirumyan & Skuhravá, 2017
on Convolvulus
parasite
The flower buds are swollen till 5 or 10 mm, abnormally whitish hairy, and remain closed. Inside 3-6 pink-orange,± 3 mm long larvae that pupate in the soil. Larvae sometimes also in disfigured leaf buds.
host plants
Convolvulaceae, monophagous
Convolvulus arvensis.
phenology
More than three generations per year.
distribution within Europe
Armenia.
larva
spatula (from Mirumyan & Skuhravá).
references
Mirumyan & Skuhravá (2017a).