Janetiella tuberculi (Rübsaamen, 1889)
on Cytisus
Cytisus scoparius, gall (from Houard, 1909a)
gall
Small, slender, unilateral swelling of a shoot, c. 2 mm long, housing one orange-red larva. Often in numbers, just below a bud, close to the growing point. The larva pupates in the gall, after having prepared a window, closed with a thin membrane, in the top of the gall, by which the midge escapes in the spring.
host plants
Fabaceae, narrowly monophagous
Cytisus scoparius, striatus.
synonyms
Cecidomyia tuberculi author.
references
Beguinot (2000b, 2002e, 2003a), Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Kieffer (1890a, 1891), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2021a: 88, 92), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Blasco-Zumeta & Pujade-Villar (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Tavares (1905a).