Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Hymenoptera > Cynipidae > Andricus > Andricus fecundatrix

Andricus fecundatrix

Synonyms:

Wikipedia Abstract

Oak artichoke galls, oak hop galls, larch-cone galls or hop strobile develop as a chemically induced distortion of leaf axillary or terminal buds on pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) or sessile oak (Quercus petraea) trees, caused by the parthenogenetic gall wasp Andricus foecundatrix (formerly Andricus fecundator), which lays single eggs within leaf buds using their ovipositor. The larva lives inside a smaller hard casing inside the artichoke and this is released in autumn. The asexual wasp emerges in spring and lays her eggs in the oak catkins. These develop into small oval galls which produce the sexual generation of wasps. A yew artichoke gall caused by the fly Taxomyia taxi also exists, but is unrelated to the oak-borne species. Previous names or synonyms for the species A. fecundator ar
View Wikipedia Record: Andricus fecundatrix

Prey / Diet

Quercus frainetto (Hungarian Oak)[1]
Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak)[1]
Quercus pubescens (Downy Oak)[1]
Quercus pyrenaica (Pyrenean oak)[1]
Quercus robur (Pedunculate Oak)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0