Zygiobia carpini (Löw, 1874)
on Carpinus
Carpinus betulus, Norway, Tøyen, Botanical Garden, 20.viii.2021 © Hallvard Elven: gall
Carpinus betulus, Norway, Tøyen, Botanical Garden, 20.viii.2021 © Hallvard Elven: larva
Carpinus betulus, Zwolle-zuid, Zandhove, 6.ix.2021 © Arnold Grosscurt
sale leaf, underside
15.ix.2021; detail of an opened gall, to demonstrate the thin wall
one of the galls was inhabited by a larva, possibly Spilonota ocellana (det. Tymo Muus)
Carpinus betulus, Schoonebeek (dr), 18,ix.2021 © Ben van As
Carpinus betulus, Voorschoten, Kasteel Duivenvoorde, 15.ix.2012 © Ben van As
same leaf, underside
Carpinus betulus Veenendaal, 14.x.2016 © Ben van As
Carpinus betulus, Belgium, prov. Namur, Spy, 11.vi.2010 © Jean-Yves Baugnée
underside
notes
Each swelling contains a white larva; one generation per year. The larva hibernates in the soil.
host plants
Betulaceae, oligophagous
Carpinus betulus; Ostrya carpinifolia.
larva
prosternum with spatula (from Möhn, 1955a)
synonyms
Perrisia carpini.
references
Barnes (1951a), Béguinot (2002g, 2007b), Bellmann (2012a), Braggion (2013a), Buhr (1964b, 1965a), Chinery (2011a), Cilbircioğlu & Ünal (2009a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Gol, Namaghi, Hosseini & Skuhravá (2015a), Grosscurt (2022b), Groom (2011a), Houard (1908a), Kollár (2007a, 2011a), Koops (2013a), Lambinon & Romain (2009a), Lambinon, Schneider & Feitz (2001b), Lambinon, Carbonnelle & Claerebout (2015a), Lehmann & Hannover (2016a), Mirumian (2011a), Möhn (1955a), Pellizzari (2010b), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Simova-Tošić & Skuhravá (2001a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1996a, 2000a, 2004a, 2007a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Postolovski (2007a), Skrzypczyńska (2007a), Skuhravá (2006a), Skuhravá, Bayram, Çam ao (2005a), Skuhravá, Karimpour, Sadeghi ao (2014a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1988a, 1994a,b, 1997a, 1999a,b, 2021a: 71), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Buhr (2013a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dončev & Dimitrova (1991a, 1992a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Jørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Tomasi (2003a, 2014a), Unal & Akkuzu (2009a).