Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Augasma atraphaxidellum

Augasma atraphaxidellum Kuznetsov, 1957

on Atraphaxis

parasite

Solitary, woody, smooth, thin-walled, unilocular, initially green, ultimately dark brown, bud galls. They are ≤ 1.5 cm long and 2-7 mm thick, with long narrow beak. The solitary larva hibernates in a flimsy cocoon and pupates in sping.

host plants

Polygonaceae, monophagous

Atraphaxis daghestanica, repicata, spinosa.

references

Fedotova, Nakhibasheva, Mukhtarova, ao (2024a.

Last modified 7.ii.2026