Jaapiella cirsiicola Rübsaamen, 1916
on Cirsium

Cirsium vulgare, Dronten © Arnold Grosscurt

opened capitulum
gall
Larvae red. Two generations per year; pupation in the soil, there also the hibernation.
hostplants
Asteraceae,monophagous
Cirsium acaulon, arvense, dissectum, erisithales, obvallatum, oleraceum, vulgare.
Buhr cites an old record on Carduus crispus, but no later author mentions Carduus as a host. Also the assciation that is given by Buhr with Hieracium murorum very probably is incorrect.
synonyms
? Cecidomyia longicornis Linnaeus: Houard.
references
Bruun (2015a), Buhr (1964b), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Gagné & Jaschhof (2014a), Houard (1909a), Mirumian (2011a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Rübsaamen (1916a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2000a, 2005a), Skuhravá (2006a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1988a, 1994b, 1997a, 1999a,b, 2003a, 2007a, 2009a, 2010a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dončev & Dimitrova (1991a, 1992a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Hellrigl (2001a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Jørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Sylvén & Lindberg (1998a).