Andricus, Hartig, 1840
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4521.4.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5949916 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AC1F87FE-FFF7-FF95-FF61-FE16FB01B406 |
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Andricus View in CoL View at ENA sp. 3
Host plant in Israel. Q. boissieri .
Life history. Known only from the bud galls of the sexual generation, which resemble a small carambola fruit, with 3–4 distinct longitudinal ridges, 5–7 mm long and 3–5 mm wide and single-chambered ( Fig. 26 View FIGURES 23–28 ). Young galls are green and fleshy, turnning pale brown when mature.
Phenology. Young galls were found in April and matured in June but no adults were reared from them. They were found only on low branches of young trees, close to the ground.
Distribution. Israel: rare species, found only on a few trees on Mt. Meron and Pa’ar cave.
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