Cerroneuroterus lanuginosus (Giraud, 1859)
on Quercus, agamous generation
Quercus spec., North Macedonia, National Park Galičica (Resen), oak forest, 1100 m a.s.l., 30.vii.2019 ©
Cor Zonneveld
detail
Quercus cerris, Hungary, Balatonszepezd © László Érsek
a single gall
gall
Long-hairy, thick-discoidal gall, 4-6 mm across, that is attached with one point at the underside of a leaf. The hairs in the central part are orange-brown, more laterally they are greyish-white. The gall tissue around the small central gall chamber has several horizontal cavities.
host plants
Fagaceae, monophagous
Quercus brantii, cerris, x hispanica, ilex, ithaburensis & subsp. macrolepis, libani, pubescens, robur, suber.
on Quercus, sexual generation
Quercus cerris, gall ( from Houard, 1908a)
gall
Catkin gall. One of the two loculi is swollen into an ovoid, 1.5-2 mm long, densely silvery-hairy gall. The gall is green when young, golden brown when mature.
hostplants
Fagaceae, narrowly monophagous
Quercus cerris.
synonyms
Neuroterus lanuginosus; Cerroneuroterus, Neuroterus cerrifloralis Müllner, 1901; Neuroterus ambrusi Melika, Stone & Csóka, 1999.
inquilines
references
Bellmann (2012a), Buhr (1965a), Cerasa (2015a), Cogolludo (1921a), Hellrigl (2009a), Hellrigl & Bodur (2015a), Houard (1908a), Katılmış & Kıyak (2008a), Kemal & Koçak (2010a), Kollár (2007a), Kwast (2012a), Melika (2006a), Melika, Csóka & Pujade-Villar (2000a), Melika, Pujade-Villar, Abe ao (2010a), Melika, Stone & Csóka (1999a), Mete & Demirsoy (2012a), Pujade-Villar (2007a), Pujade-Villar, Kwast, Thuroczy & Bellido (2002a), Shachar, Melika, Inbar & Dorchin (2018a), Stănescu (2009a).