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 upper side. In a gall 2-3 bright orange or reddish larvae. Univoltine; hibernation in the soil.
host plants
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), Burton, Carbonnelle, Ellis & Schneider (2019a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Houard (1908a), Kieffer (1901c), 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).