Fig gall
Tetraneura ulmi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Status not recordedinsects
The fig gall (Tetraneura ulmi) is a species in the family Aphididae, order Hemiptera.
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Quick facts about the fig gall
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the fig gall live?
Not recorded
Is the fig gall endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the fig gall classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera
- familyAphididae
- genusTetraneura
- SpeciesTetraneura ulmi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms Amycla fuscifrons, Aphis gallarum, Aphis gallarum-ulmi, Aphis radicum, Aphis ulmi, Brysocrypta ulmi, Byrsocrypta gallarum, Byrsocrypta personata, Byrsocrypta rosea, Byrsocrypta ulmi, Byrsocrypta zeae-maidis, Coccus zeae-maidis, Coccus zeaemaidis, Coccus zeaemaydis, Colopha ulmisacculi, Dryopeia rosea, Endeis bella, Endeis rorea, Endeis rosea, Eriosoma ulmigallarum, Kaltenbachiella personata, Lachnus ulmi, Pemphigus boyeri, Pemphigus graminis, Pemphigus saccarata, Pemphigus ulmi, Pemphigus zeae-maydis, Penthaphis trivialis, Rhizoterus zeae, Schizoneura lanuginosa, Schizoneura ulmi, Tetraneura gallarum, Tetraneura gallarumulmi, Tetraneura rosea, Tetraneura theobaldi, Tetraneura ulmi-sacculi, Tetraneura ulmifoliae, Tetraneura ulmisacculi, Tetraneura zeamaydis, Tetranevra ulmi, Tetranura ulmi, Trana radicis
Other names and names in other languages (1)
- Elm-grass root aphidEnglish
Relatives of the fig gall
Other species in the same genus Tetraneura.
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the fig gall?
The fig gall (Tetraneura ulmi) belongs to the family Aphididae in the order Hemiptera.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits · CC BY 4.0 · v1
Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - EltonTraits 1.0: species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals · CC0 1.0 · 1.0
Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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