Galium saxatile, Belgium, prov. Liège, Elsenborn; © Jean-Yves Baugnée

gall

Larvae reddish-yellow, each in a gall-chamber of its own; several generations per year. Pupation and hibernation in the soil.

host plants

Rubiaceae, monophagous

Galium album, anisophyllon, aparine, aristatum, boreale, broterianum, debile, divaricatum, intermedium, kitabelianum, lucidum & subsp. cinereum + fruticescens, megalospermum, mollugo, obliquum, palustre, pumilum, saxatile, sylvaticum, uliginosum, verrucosum, verum.

synonyms

Cecidomyia, Perrisia, galii.

parasitoids, predators

Torymus galii.

notes

the ontogeny of the very first stages of the gall is described by Rohfritsch (2011a).

references

Béguinot (2001c, 2002e,h, 2003a,b, 2006a, 2007a,b, 2012a), Bellmann (2012a), Blanes-Dalmau, Caballero-López & Pujade-Villar (2017a), Bruun (2015a), Buhr (1964b), Burton, Ellis & Schneider (2022a), Cerasa (2015a), Chinery (2011a), Cogolludo (1921a), Coulianos & Holmåsen (1991a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Deckert & Deckert (2016a), Flügel (2016a), Gagné (2010a)m de Vere Graham & Gijswijt (1998a), Hellrigl (2006a), Houard (1909a), Koops (2013a), Lambinon, Carbonnelle & Claerebout (2015a), Lambinon & Romain (2009a), Lambinon, Schneider & Feitz (2001b), Lehmann & Hannover (2016a), Löw (1888a), O’Connor & Wistow (1999a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Rohfritsch (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Sánchez, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2012a), Simova-Tošić &a Skuhravá (2001a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1996a, 2000a, 2004a, 2007a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Postolovski (2007a), Skrzypczyńska (2007a), Skuhravá (2006a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1988a, 1992b, 1994a,b, 1997a,b, 1999a,b, 2002a, 2003a, 2005b,c, 2006a, 2007a, 2008a, 2009a,b, 2010a,b, 2012a, 2021a: 117), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Blasco-Zumeta & Pujade-Villar (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Buhr (2013a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Carbonnelle (2017a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dončev & Dimitrova (1991a, 1992a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Hellrigl (2001a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Jørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Massa (2007a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a). Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Stănescu (2009a), Sylvén (1960a, 1983a), Tavares (1905a), Tomasi (2012a, 2014a).