Macrolabis incolens Rübsaamen, 1895
on Veronica
Veronica officinalis, Belgium, prov. Namur, Doische, Matagne-la-Grande, 21.vii.2020 © Stéphane Claerebout: white larva in a gal of Dasineura similis
Veronica chamaedrys, Belgium, prov. Liège, Hamoir, Thier de Coisse, 2.vi.2016 © Sébastien Carbonnelle; the white larva in a gall of Jaapiella veronicae
gall
inquiline in the galls of Jaapiella veronicae. Recognisable because the larvae, even when full grown, are white or whitish-yellow. Bivoltien, verpopping in de grond.
host plants
Plantaginaceae, monophagous
Veronica chamaedrys.
references
Flügel (2016a), Gagné (2010a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Rübsaamen (1895b), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2010a, 2021a: 297), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Jørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a).