Iraella ionescui Pujade-Villar & Schiopu 2015
Hymenoptera, Cynipidae
on Papaver
gall
unilocular swelling of the stem, jus above the soil. The gall measures 4-5 mm, somes forming a cm large cluster. The fresh gall is light green, older ones are light brown; the gall is densely white-hairy. The plant above the gall is more or less withered. Univoltine; the larva pupates in autum and hibernates in a cocoon inside the gall.
hostplants
Papaveraceae, monophagous
Papaver (dubium), rhoeas.
notes
species described from Romania.
references
Pujade-Villar & Schiopu (2015a).
15/01/2017