Myzus cerasi (Fabricius, 1775)
black-cherry blackfly
on Prunus, primary host plant
Prunus avium, Hungary, Budapest, 12.v.2017 © László Érsek: galled leaf
colony in unfolded gall
detail
ant visit
aptera (siphunculi folded together)
aptera, lateral
aptera, dorsal
Prunus avium, England, East Sussex, Beckley Wood © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints
Prunus avium, Dronten; leaf nest at the end of a shoot © Arnold Grosscurt
Prunus sp., Enter © Arnold Grosscurt
gall
Apterae 2-3 mm, colonies in dense bunches of curled leaves at the tip of the branches. Often attended by ants.
host plants
Rosaceae, monophagous
Prunus avium, cerasus, domestica, padus, persica, serrulata, spinosa, subhirtella.
notes
The impact of the aphids varies with the hot plant. In P. cerasus and serrulata there is hardly any galling, while deformations are very strong in P. avium.
mainly on Rubiaceae, Plantaginaceae, Orobanchaceae, secondary host plants
secondary host plants
Rubiaceae, Plantaginaceae, Orobanchaceae etc., polyphagous
Asperula; Cardamine hirsuta; Euphrasia stricta; Galium aparine, lucidum, mollugo, odoratum, pseudoaristatum, verum; Rhinanthus; Veronica beccabunga, chamaedrys, montana.
synonyms
Myzus cerasi pruniavium; Myzus pruniavium Börner, 1926; Aphis cerasi: Houard, 1908?. Also Myzus alecterolophi Heinze, 1961, described from Rhinanthus alectorolophus, probably is conspecific with cerasi.
notes
DNA-studies have shown that the population that live on Prunus avium as their primary host may be distinguished as a separate subspecies: Myzus cerasi pruniavium.
references
Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Barbagallo & Pollini (2014a), Barjadze, Japoshvili, Karaca & Özdemir (2014a), Blackman & Eastop (2014), Börner & Franz (1956a), Buga & Stekolshchikov (2012a), Cogolludo (1921a), Coulianos & Holmåsen (1991a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Durak, Durak & Borowiak-Sobkowiak (0000a, 2011a), Flügel (2016a), Heie (1994a), Hellrigl (2004a), Houard (1908a), Kollár (2007a, 2011a), Koops (2013a), Lambinon, Carbonnelle & Claerebout (2015a), Lambinon & Schneider (2004a), Lampel (1988a), Lampel & Meier (2007a), Mier Durante & Nieto Nafría (1983a), Nieto Nafría, Muñoz Martínez & Mier Durante (1987a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), Pérez Hidalgo, Martínez Peláez & Nieto Nafría (2001a), Petrović (1998a), Piron (2021c), Rakauskas & Trukšinaitė (2011a), Ripka, Reider & Szalay-Marzsó (1998a), Stănescu (2009a), Suay Cano & González Funes (1998b), Sylvén (1960a), Tambs-Lyche (1970a), Tavares (1905a), Tomasi (2014a), Weis (1955a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).