Cola-Nut Gall

Andricus lignicola

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae

Cola-nut galls 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 agamic gall wasp Andricus lignicola (Hartig, 1840) which lays single eggs within leaf buds using their ovipositor. A previous name or synonym for the species A. lignicola is A.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Netherlands · 972United Kingdom · 944Germany · 130Belgium · 8

Sources and credits

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Cola-Nut Gall

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