Phanacis kiefferi (Cotte, 1915)
Hymenoptera, Cynipidae
on Carthamus
gall
irregular brownish, multilocular swelling, 7-20 mm large, of the root collar. The full grown larvae are greenish.
hostplants
Asteraceae, monophagous
Carthamus lanatus.
synonyms
Aulacidea kiefferi.
references
Nieves-Aldrey (2004a, 2008a).
08/01/2014