EPPO Global Database

Gilpinia hercyniae(GILPPO)

Hosts

Important note about the classification of host plants in GD:
Categories have been assigned by the EPPO Secretariat on the basis of available data at the time of entry. They correspond to a qualitative evaluation of the importance of the host plant for the pest concerned and remain indicative only.
Further explanation of categories is available in the guide.
Organism Type
Abies alba (ABIAL) Host
* Lee JW, Choi JK, Park B (2019) Synoptic list of Symphyta (Hymenoptera) in Korea. Journal of Species Research 8(1), 1-96.

* Schedl W (1975) Die Pflanzenwespen (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) des Landesmuseums Joanneum in Graz. Teil 3: Tenthredinoidea: Familie Diprionidae. Mitteilungen der Abteilung für Zoologie am Landesmuseum Joanneum Graz, 4, 203-210.
------ Rare host.

* Schedl W (2009) Symphyta (Insecta). In: Checklisten der Fauna Österreichs, No. 4, Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, Vienna, pp 8-40.
Abies balsamea (ABIBA) Host
* Browne FG (1968) Pests and diseases of forest plantation trees: an annotated list of the principal species occurring in the British Commonwealth. Oxford, UK, Clarendon Press, 1330.
------- Rare host.
Picea abies (PIEAB) Host
* Billany DJ (1978) Gilpinia hercyniae (Hertig): a pest of spruce. Forest Record No.117, 11 pp.

* Sabsch R, Schopf R (1990) Oviposition and egg development of Gilpinia hercyniae Htg. (Hym., Diprionidae) on needles of diseased and apparently healthy Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.). Journal of Applied Entomology 109(3), 274-282.

* Van Driesche RG, LaForest JH, Bargeron CT, Reardon RC, and Herlihy M (2013) Forest pest insects in North America: a photographic guide. USDA Forest Service Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team FHTET-2012-02, 702 pp.
Picea glauca (PIEGA) Host
* Van Driesche RG, LaForest JH, Bargeron CT, Reardon RC, and Herlihy M (2013) Forest pest insects in North America: a photographic guide. USDA Forest Service Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team FHTET-2012-02, 702 pp.

* Wong HR, Ives WGH (1969) The European spruce sawfly in Manitoba. Bi-Monthly Research Notes 25(6), 47.
Picea jezoensis subsp. hondoensis (PIEJH) Host
* Hara H, Shinohara A (2017) Taxonomic notes and new distribution and host plant records for sawflies and woodwasps (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) of Japan II. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series A, Zoology 43(1), 53-69.

* Lee JW, Choi JK, Park B (2019) Synoptic list of Symphyta (Hymenoptera) in Korea. Journal of Species Research 8(1), 1-96.
Picea mariana (PIEMA) Host
* Van Driesche RG, LaForest JH, Bargeron CT, Reardon RC, and Herlihy M (2013) Forest pest insects in North America: a photographic guide. USDA Forest Service Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team FHTET-2012-02, 702 pp.

* Wong HR, Ives WGH (1969) The European spruce sawfly in Manitoba. Bi-Monthly Research Notes 25(6), 47.
Picea obovata (PIEOB) Host
* Kula E, Holusa J, Roller L, Úradník M (2016) Allochthonous blue spruce in Central Europe serves as a host for many native species of sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 51, 159-169.

* Lee JW, Choi JK, Park B (2019) Synoptic list of Symphyta (Hymenoptera) in Korea. Journal of Species Research 8(1), 1-96.
Picea omorika (PIEOM) Host
* Bevan D (1987) Forest insects: a guide to insects feeding on trees in Britain. Forestry Commission Handbook, UK, No. 1, 153 pp.

* Billany DJ, Brown RM (1977) The geographical distribution of Gilpinia hercyniae Hymenoptera: Diprionidae in the United Kindgom. Forestry 50(2), 155-160.
Picea pungens (PIEPU) Host
* Holzschuh C (1997) Damage to Picea pungens by Gilpinia polytoma (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae) in a Christmas tree plantation. Forstschutz Aktuell No.19/20, 10 pp.
Picea rubens (PIERU) Host
* Van Driesche RG, LaForest JH, Bargeron CT, Reardon RC, and Herlihy M (2013) Forest pest insects in North America: a photographic guide. USDA Forest Service Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team FHTET-2012-02, 702 pp.
Picea sitchensis (PIESI) Host
* Billany DJ (1978) Gilpinia hercyniae (Hertig): a pest of spruce. Forest Record No.117, 11 pp.

* Williams DT, Straw NA, Day KR (2003) Defoliation of Sitka spruce by the European spruce sawfly, Gilpinia hercyniae (Hartig): a retrospective analysis using the needle trace method. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 5(3), 235-245.