Zygiobia ruebsaameni Stelter, 1992
Diptera, Cecidomyiidae
on Carpinus
gall
the midrib is somewhat thickened, clearly bent downwards; at either side the leaf is sharply folded upwards. In the space so formed lives an, almost always solitary, white or cream-coloured larva. Puapation in the ground.
hostplants
Betulaceae, monophagous
Carpinus betulus.
notes
According to Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a) not an autonomous gall-inducer, but an inquiline of Aschistonyx carpinicolus.
references
Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Stelter (1992a).
26/06/2016