Asphondylia hornigi Wachtl, 1881

on Origanum

Origanum vulgare, Norway, Telemark, 21.viii.2019 © Arne Fjellberg: two galled fruits among the normal ones

Origanum vulgare, Norway, Vestfold, 23.viii.2019 © Arne Fjellberg: galled fruits

opened gall with larva

pupa within the gall

galled flower (from Wacht, 1881a)

gall

Larvae in the swollen fruits. Larva solitary; pupation in the gall.

host plants

Lamiaceae, monophagous

Origanum vulgare.

larva

spatula with papillae (from Möhn, 1955a)

pupa

pupa, lateral and ventral (from Wachtl, 1881a)

head, to show the frontal teeth (from Rübsaamen, 1916b)

parasitoids

Torymus hornigi.

synonyms

Gisonobasis hornigi.

references

Buhr (1965a), Cerasa (2015a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Doğanlar (2017a), Houard (1909a), Löw (1888a), Mirumian (2011a), Rübsaamen (1916b), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2000a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1997a, 1999a, 2021a: 174), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dončev & Dimitrova (1991a, 1992a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Viggiani (2020a), Wachtl (1881a).