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
host plants
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), Blanes-Dalmau, Caballero-López & Pujade-Villar (2017a), 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).