Saperda (Compsidia) quercus quercus Charpentier, 1825
habitat & biology
[Photo © D.Navrátil]
[Photo © D.Navrátil]
[Photo © Milan Sláma]
habitat & biology
![Saperda quercus quercus - habitat](assets/img/others/saperda_quercus_quercus_habitat1.jpg)
[Photo © D.Navrátil]
A typical forest-steppe-pasture habitat of Saperda quercus quercus with kermes oak (Quercus cociffera) cover in Karyes (Καρυές) vilage environs (868 m a.s.l. Sparti, Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece).
![Saperda quercus quercus - habitat](assets/img/others/saperda_quercus_quercus_habitat2.jpg)
[Photo © D.Navrátil]
![Saperda quercus quercus - gallery](assets/img/others/saperda_quercus_quercus_gallery.jpg)
[Photo © Milan Sláma]
Thin oak (Quercus sp.) branches infested by Saperda quercus quercus with typical galls, exit holes and larval galleries (origin: Greece).
[Photographs are published with the kind permission of Milan Sláma]