Mordellistena convicta explained

Mordellistena convicta is a beetle in the genus Mordellistena of the family Mordellidae. It was described in 1862 by John Lawrence LeConte. It is an inquiline known to inhabit the galls of the goldenrod gall fly, wherein the beetle both feeds on the plant tissue and usually consumes the fly larvae inside the gall.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Abrahamson . Warren G. . Eubanks . Micky D. . Blair . Catherine P. . Whipple . Amy V. . Gall Flies, Inquilines, and Goldenrods: A Model for Host-race Formation and Sympatric Speciation . American Zoologist . August 2001 . 41 . 4 . 928–938 . 10.1093/icb/41.4.928 . 30 October 2022. free .