Phegomyia fagicola (Kieffer, 1901)
on Fagus
Fagus sylvatica, Grand Duché Luxembourg, Schieren © Liliane Burton
detail
at the leaf underside the folds may be keeled
Fagus sylvatica, Denmark © Simon Haarder
another specimen
larva
gall
Between two side veins the leaf tissue is swollen, at the same time deeply pleated downwards; the result is a pouch, opening with an elongated slit at the upperside. In a gall 2-3 bright orange or reddish larvae. Univoltine; hibernation in the soil.
hostplants
Fagaceae, monophagous
Fagus sylvatica.
synonyms
Oligotrophus fagicola (“fagicolus”).
larva
spatula with papillae (from Möhn, 1955a)
references
Barnes (1951a), Béguinot (2000b, 2002e, 2007a,b, 2012a), Bellmann (2012a), Bruun (2015a), Buhr (1964b), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Houard (1908a), Lehmann & Hannover (2016a), Máca (2012a), Mirumian (2011a), Möhn (1955a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Seidel (1957a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1996a, 2000a, 2007a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1988a, 1992b, 1994a, 1999a, 2005c, 2010a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Blasco-Zumeta & Pujade-Villar (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Buhr (2013a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dončev & Dimitrova (1991a, 1992a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Jørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Stănescu (2009a).