Cynips disticha Hymenoptera: Cynipidae - gall wasp
Cynips disticha

Agamic gall on Quercus, Oak

Hosts:
Agamic generation on Quercus coccifera, ilex, lusitanica, petraea, pubescens, robur, suber

Sexual generation on Quercus petraea, pubescens, robur

Agamic: +/- flat-topped gall with thin, hard walls containing two chambers. Larva in lower chamber, pupating in gall. Galls occupied June-September.
Sexual: thin-walled, unilocular galls, 3-5mm, yellowish becoming brown, finely pubescent without ridges. On leaf margin at end of midrib or vein.


Cynips disticha

Cynips disticha

Cynips disticha

Cynips disticha
Cynips disticha
Corfe Mullen, Dorset. 2018

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