Rhodus cyprius (Houard, 1919)
on Salvia
Salvia fruticosa, Greece, Crete, Phaistos, 24.iv.2017 © Cor Zonneveld
detail
another specimen
Salvia fruticosa, Greece, Crete, Kavousi, 31.iii.2017 © Cor Zonneveld: old gall with exit openings
gall
rotund swelling of the stem, 15 mm in diameter, densely hairy, multilocular, crowned with bunch of leaves.
host plants
Lamiaceae, monophagous
Salvia fruticosa.
synonyms
Rhodus oriundus Quinlan, 1968.
references
Houard (1909 # 4880), Nieves-Aldrey (1994a), Pujade-Villar, Kwast, Thuroczy & Bellido (2002a).