There are two hypotheses on egg maturation in the invasive chestnut gall wasp, Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae). That it is pro-ovigenic (most or all of its potential lifetime complement mature upon emergence) facultatively synovigenic (not eggs fully developed emergence and may be resorbed when suitable hosts absent). These were tested by determining effects adult age f...
