Asterodiaspis spp
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Asterolecaniidae | Genus: Asterodiaspis
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Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.
Plant Parasites of Europe
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Asterodiaspis variolosa (Ratzeburg, 1870) -- golden pit scale
on Quercus
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Scales on the branches. Around each individual scale a low ride develops; heavily infested branches become knobby and malformed; also bark cracks may develop. Mainly found at the tip of the branches.
HOST PLANTS Fagaceae, monophagous
GALL
only a microscopical examination allows separation from A. minor and A. quercicola; all three species may occur on the same tree.
- Willem N. Ellis: (2021) Plant Parasites of Europe©
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