Contarinia subulifex Kieffer, 1897
on Quercus

Quercus cerris, Hungary, Budapest © László Érsek

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larva
gall
Leaf gall, sometimes several together. At the upperside the gall is horn-shaped, 3-7 mm high and a mm thick, sometimes set with a few stiff bristles. At the underside the gall has a clear opening, surrounded by a ring on which stiff yellowish, outwards directed hairs keep intruders out. Larva solitary, pale yellowish. Univoltine, pupation in the ground.
hostplants
Fagaceae, narrowly monophagous
Quercus cerris, coccifera, ithaburensis, trojana.
larva
see Skuhravý & Skuhravá (1971a)
references
Buhr (1965a), Csóka (2012a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1996a, 2000a, 2004a, 2007a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Postolovski (2007a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1994a, 1999a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Dengler (1997a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dončev & Dimitrova (1991a, 1992a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a), Skuhravý & Skuhravá (1971a).
23/09/2016