Hedickiana levantina (Hedicke, 1928)

on Salvia

gall

Multilocular swelling of the stem, 10-45 mm long and 8-17 mm in diameter. The oval gall chambers are arranged at the outside, ± perpendicular to the wall. The young gall is yellowish green with a felty surface, in the end it is grey and lignified. The larvae hibernate in the gall; the imagines emerge next spring.

host plants

Lamiaceae, monophagous

Salvia fruticosa, syriaca.

parasitoids, predators

Eurytoma cynipsea, infracta; Glyphomerus tibialis.

references

Askew, Plantard, Gómez, ao (2006a), Melika (2006a), Melika & Karimpour (2012a), Nieves-Aldrey (1994a).