Brief Summary
provided by Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Larvae of most species of Xyela live and feed in the developintaminate cones of Pinus species. One species, gallicaulis, fs shoot galls. Adults fly early in the spring and are commonlyund in large numbers on the catkins of Salix or Alnus near th host plants.
- bibliographic citation
- Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. 1979. Prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein and Paul D. Hurd, Jr., Smithsonian Institution, and David R. Smith and B. D. Burks, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Insect Identification and Beneficial Insect Introduction Institute. Science and Education Administration, United States Department of Agriculture.
Brief Summary
provided by Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Larvae of most species of Xyela live and feed in the developintaminate cones of Pinus species. One species, gallicaulis, fs shoot galls. Adults fly early in the spring and are commonlyund in large numbers on the catkins of Salix or Alnus near th host plants.
- bibliographic citation
- Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. 1979. Prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein and Paul D. Hurd, Jr., Smithsonian Institution, and David R. Smith and B. D. Burks, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Insect Identification and Beneficial Insect Introduction Institute. Science and Education Administration, United States Department of Agriculture.
