Andricus conificus (Hartig, 1843)
on Quercus, agamous generation
gall (from Houard, 1908a)
Quercus spec., Corsica, Vivario, 12.vi.2022 © Zoé Tourrain
the fresh gall is somewhat sticky
old galls
gall
Galling of an adventive bud on the stem or a thicker branch. The gall is cone-shaped, about 1 cm high and wide, whitish with a reddish or violet reticulate colouration. In the base one wide gall chamber with a single larve; pupation in the ground.
hostplants
Fagaceae, monophagous
Quercus frainetto, petraea, pubescens, robur.
on Quercus, sexuele generation
Quercus cerris, gall (from Houard, 1908a)
gall
Downy hairy, green (ultimately brown and woody), more or less semi-globular gall of about 1.5 cm long at the end of a branch. From the gall sometimes some more or less normal leaves may sprout. The gall consists of a fleshy thick-walled cup, sometimes more a globe with a wide open top, in which a large number of oval gall-chambers is embedded, each with one solitary larva that pupates within the gall.
hostplants
Fagaceae, monophagous
Quercus cerris.
synonyms
Andricus cydoniae Giraud, 1859; Cynips conifica; Andricus longispinae Kieffer, 1901.
inquilines
parasitoids, predators
Eurytoma brunniventris; Ormyrus pomaceus.
notes
The relation between the agamous and sexual generation has been established by Sottile ao.
references
Béguinot (2000b), Bellmann (2012a), Buhr (1965a), Cerasa (2015a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Hellrigl (2009a, 2010a, 2012a), Hellrigl & Bodur (2015a), Hesse (1972a), Houard (1908a), Karaca & Katılmış (2020a), Katılmış & Kıyak (2008a), Kemal & Koçak (2010a), Kollár (2011a), Kwast (2012a, 2014a), Marković (2014a, 2015a), Melika (2006a), Melika, Csóka & Pujade-Villar (2000a), Pujade-Villar, Kwast, Thuroczy & Bellido (2002a), Roskam (2009a), Sottile, Cerasa, Massa & lo Verde (2022a), Shachar, Melika, Inbar & Dorchin (2018a), Stone, Atkinson, Rokas ao (2008a), Tomasi (2003a, 2014a).