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Biology |
Inquilines of gall-inducing Cynipini on Fagaceae (Quercus
ithaburensis) (Buffington et al. 2020). The sexual generation
attacks galls of species in the Andricus burgundus complex (A.
caputmedusae, A. coriarius, A. curtisii) (Pujade-Villar et al.
2003a; Pénzes et al. 2009). Reared from the clustered, conical bud galls
of A. coriarius in Israel causing them to develop into a single
spherical unilocular gall, up to 15 mm in diameter, of the same color of
the branch, with very hard walls encircling a single larval chamber (Sternlicht
1968). Invaded galls were found in February and adult inquilines emerged
in December-January. Parasitized by Sycophila biguttata (Swederus,
1795). |
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