Macrolabis lutea Rübsaamen, 1914
on Euphorbia
Euphorbia cyparissias, Luxemburg, Dudelange, Haerdt; opened bud gall with a larva visible
larva and (parasitised) pupa
head section dorsal and, ventrally the tip of the spatula
gall
inquiline in the gall of Spurgia euphorbiae. Larva white. Pupation without a cocoon, in the soil (contrary to euphorbiae).
hostplants
Euphorbiaceae, monophagpous
Euphorbia cyparissias.
larva
spatula and adjacent papillae (from Gagné, 1990a)
references
Gagné (1990a), Gagné & Jaschhof (2014a), Rübsaamen (1917a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1997b), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a).
mod 19.i.2019