Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Resseliella crassa

Resseliella crassa (Möhn, 1955)

on Abies

parasite

The orange larvae live in fresh, still rather liquid, resin exudations, each one in its own tubule. Hibernation, then pupation, in the soil.

host plants

Pinaceae, monophagous

Abies alba.

distribution within Europe

(PESI, 2019).

larva

Resseliella crassa: spatula

spatula and adjacent papillae (from Nöhn, 1955b)

synonyms

Wichmanniella crassa.

references

Mohn (1955b), Roskam (2019a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2021a: 20), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a).

Last modified 29.ix.2021