Paradiplosis abietispectinatae (Tubeuf, 1930)

on Abies

gall

The lower part of the needles is widened, and red to brown in colour. Larvae orange yellow, usually solitary; they can jump; they live in the parenchyma of the needle. Univoltine; hibernation and pupation within the litter.

hostplants

Pinaceae, monophagous

Abies alba.

larva

Paradiplosis abietispectinatae: spatula

spatula with papillae (from Möhn, 1955a)

synonyms

Agevillea, Paradiplosis, abietis (Hubault, 1945)

references

Barnes (1951a), Buhr (1964b), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Möhn (1955), Postner (1957a), Roskam (2019a), Simova-Tošić (2008a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Postolovski (2007a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1994a, 2021a: 20), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a).