Putoniella pruni (Kaltenbach, 1872)
on Prunus
Prunus spinosa, Hungary, Győr-Moson-Sopron county, Halászi © László Érsek
instead of the midrib the leaf at the upper side shows an elongated narrow slit
transverse section though the gall
gall, pulled open
larvae
the length of the gall is very variable
very long
quite short; this gall contained but a single larva
sometimes not the midrib but a lateral vein is galled
Prunus spinosa, Belgium, prov. Namur, Eprave © Jean-Yves Baugnée: leaf upperside
underside
gall on a lateral vein
gall
Larvae orange-yellow, in a single generation (May – June); hibernation in the soil.
Prunus spinosa, France, Cevennes © Ben van As
immature larva
hostplants
Rosaceae, monophagous
Prunus domestica & subsp. insititia, fruticosa, spinosa.
larva
spatula with papillae (from Möhn, 1955a)
synonyms
Putoniella marsupialis (Löw, 1889).
inquilines
references
Barnes (1948b), Béguinot (2001c, 2002a, 2005a), Bellido, Ros-Farré & Pujade-Villar (2003a), Bellmann (2012a), Bruun (2015a), Buhr (1965a), Chinery (2011a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Hellrigl (2010a), Houard (1908a), Ianovici, Matica & Scurtu (2010a), Lambinon, Carbonnelle & Claerebout (2015a), Lambinon, Schneider & Feitz (2001b), Lehmann & Hannover (2016a), Möhn (1955a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Simova-Tošić & Skuhravá (2001a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1996a, 2000a, 2004a, 2007a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Postolovski (2007a), Skrzypczyńska (2007a), Skuhravá (2006a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1997a, 1994a,b, 1997a,b, 1999a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Blasco-Zumeta & Pujade-Villar (2006a), 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), Stănescu (2009a), Tomasi (2014a).