Philotrypesis caricae (Linnaeus, 1762)
Hymenoptera, Agaonidae
on Ficus
gall
Inquiline of Blastophaga psenes. With her long ovipositor the female deposits from the outside of the fig in florets that have been galled by Blastophaga. The inquiline larva feeds rapidly on gall tissue, and outcompetes the Bastophaga larva that perishes.
hostplants
Moraceae, narrowly monophagous
Ficus carica.
inquilines
references
Mifsud, Falzon, Malumphy ao (2012a), Vovlas & Larizzza (1996a).
14/05/2017