Asphondylia pruniperda Rondani, 1867

plum bud gall midge

on Prunus

galls (from Houard, 1908a)

gall

An axillary bud is enlarged to c. 5 mm long, en changes in colour from green to ultimately brown. Inside one large gall chamber, interiorly lined with mycelium. The reddish yellow larva is solitary, hibernates in the gall, and pupates there in spring.

hostplants

Rosaceae, narrowly oligophagous

Prunus cerasifera, cocomilia, domestica & subsp. insititia, fruticosa, spinosa.

synonyms

Asphondylia prunorum Wachtl, 1888; Asphondylia prunorum Kieffer, 1889; Ischnonyx prunorum (Wachtl, 1880).

references

Barnes (1948b), Bruun (2015a), Buhr (1965a), Chinery (2011a), Chireceanu, Chiriloaie, Teodoru & Sivu (2015a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Houard (1908a), Lehmann & Hannover (2016a), Mirumian (2011a), Redferm & Shilrey (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1996a, 2000a, 2004a, 2007a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Postolovski (2007a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1994a,b, 1999a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dončev & Dimitrova (1991a, 1992a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Jørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Massa (2007a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Wachtl (1888a).