Diptera: Cecidomyiidae - gall midge Asphondylia melanopus Larvae in seedpod of Lotus corniculatus, Birds-foot-trefoil Hosts: Lotus corniculatus, tenuis, uliginosus Swellings in sides of seedpods, the chambers lined with fungal mycelium. The yellowish-orange larva are solitary and pupate within the gall. Bivoltine Seedpods often contain larvae of the weevil Ischnopterapion loti Asphondylia genistae galls buds and seedpods of Genista spp.

Asphondylia melanopus
Corfe Mullen, Dorset. July 2018