VICIRIUC , Ionela‐mădălina

Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu, 1951 (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae) or Asian chestnut gall wasp , has been one of the most important pest insects on the chestnut tree ( Castanea sativa ) in the last 20 years in Europe. In Romania, it was observed since 2015 in the western part of the country, but the population was kept under control without a...

Native to China, the chestnut gall wasps Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae) has invaded several countries on three continents in about half a century. To reduce the negative impact on the chestnut industry, the hymenopteran parasitoid Torymus sinensis Kamijo (Hymenoptera, Torymidae) was firstly translocated from China to...