Asynapta strobi(Kieffer, 1920)

on Picea, etc.

gall

the orange-yellow larvae live free between the cone scales, without causing any galling. They hibernate in the cone and pupate in a white cocoon in the cone after it has fallen to the ground. Mycophagous?

host plants

Pinaceae, oligofaag

Abies alba; Larix decidua; Picea abies; Pinus brutia.

synonyms

Camptomyia strobi; Asynapta laricis Skrzypczynka, 1977.

references

Barnes (1951a), Buhr (1965a), Gagné (2010a), Roques & von Hirschheydt (1990a), Skuhravá (1989a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2021a: 183), Skuhravá, Bayram, Çam, Tezcan & Can (2005a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1997a, 1999a, 2021a: 21), Unal & Akkuzu (2009a).