Physemocecis hartigi (Liebel, 1892)
on Tilia
Tilia cordata, Hungary, Mosonmagyaróvár 17.v.2019 © László Érsek
mines, underside
detail
opened mine
larva
Tilia platyphyllos, Belgium, prov. Namur, Chimay, Virelles, Étang de Virelelles © Stéphane Claerebout
gall, upperside
underside of the same (vacated) gall
Tilia cordata, Denmark © Simon Haarder
larva in opened gall
gall
Small, flat, lenticular galls, generally several on a leaf, each with one white larva that leaves the gall by an opening at the underside. Uni- or bivoltine; pupation in the ground.
host plants
Malvaceae, monophagous
Tilia cordata, x europaea, platyphyllos & subsp. cordifolia, tomentosa.
synonyms
Oligotrophus hartigi.
notes
see Rohfritsch (2011a) about the ontogeny of this gall out of the interaction between the larva and the plant.
references
Barnes (1951a), Béguinot (2002e, 2003a, 2007a), Buhr (1965a), Burton, Ellis & Schneider (2022a), Cilbircioğlu & Ünal (2009a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Hellrigl (2010a), Houard (1909a), Lambinon, Schneider & Feitz (2001b), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Rohfritsch (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Schneider (2016a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1996a, 2000a, 2004a, 2007a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Postolovski (2007a), Skrzypczyńska (2002a, 2007a), Skuhravá (2006a), Skuhravá, Bayram, Çam ao (2005a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1994a,b, 1997a,b, 1999a,b, 2005b,c, 2006a, 2007a, 2010a, 2012a, 2021a: 283), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dončev & Dimitrova (1991a, 1992a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Hellrigl (2001a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Jørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a) Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Sylvén (1960a), Tomasi (2014a), Unal & Akkuzu (2009a).