Eurytoma (genus)
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Eurytoma amygdali (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Gyorgy Csoka, Hungary Forest Research Institute
Source: IPM Images
Author(s): Gyorgy Csoka, Hungary Forest Research Institute
Source: IPM Images
Eurytoma Illiger, 1807
This is a large and widely distributed genus of wasps with several hundred species. Many species are parasitoids, but others are regarded as crop pests. Still others start their development as parasitoids of a phytophagous species and later feed on plant tissue. This page deals with crop pests only. These are mainly seed feeders and some are economically important like the almond seed wasp (Eurytoma amygdali) which infests almonds in southern Europe, the Near East and western Asia.
Currently, the following species have been entered into the system: