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), Nolte (1954a), 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).