Jaapiella picridis (Rübsaamen, 1912)
on Picris
gall
tips of the shoots, also sometimes lateral buds, are transformed into 1.5 cm long, strongly hairy, bunches of disfigured leaves. In the folds whitish larvae that cannot jump. Pupation in the gall.
host plants
Asteraceae, monophagous
Picris hieracioides.
larva
The lobes of the spatula are rather acute (Rübsaamen, 1912e).
synonyms
Dasineura picridis.
notes
the galls resemble those of Contarinia picridis, and sometimes larvae of both species co-occur in the same gall.
references
Buhr (1965a), Gagné (2010a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Rübsaamen (1912e), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2021a: 185), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a).