Didymomyia tiliacea (Bremi, 1847)
on lime
Tilia cordata, Norway, Brønnøya, Brønnøyveien 46, 10.vi.2022 © Hallvard Elven: gall
Tilia cordata, Norway, Brønnøya, Brønnøyveien 46, 10.vi.2022 © Hallvard Elven: gall
Tilia cordata, Norway, Brønnøya, Brønnøyveien 46, 10.vi.2022 © Hallvard Elven: gall
Tilia cordata, Norway, Brønnøya, Brønnøyveien 46, 10.vi.2022 © Hallvard Elven: gall
Tilia platyphyllos, Hungary, Budapest, Kamaraerdő, 29.iv.2019 © László Érsek: leaf with young galls
young gall, upper side
underside
transverse section
em>Tilia platyphyllos, Hungary, Budapest, Hűvösvölgy, 4.vi.2019 © László Érsek: transverse section through an almost fully developed gall
opened gall
larva
12.vii.2017: the inner galls have been ejected
detail
transverse section through two empty outer galls
empty outer gall and ejected inner gall
opened inner gall with larva
Tilia platyphyllos, Belgium, prov. Namur, Grands Malades: young galls © Jean-Yves Baugnée
underside
Tilia platyphyllos, Rijckholt, Savelsbosch
upperside (left) and vertical section (right: an inner gall hasn’t yet differentiated)
Tilia spec., Belgium, prov. Namur, Viroinval, Vierve-sur-Viroin, Chapelle Saint-Joseph: section through the gall, with differentiated inner gall © Stéphane Claerebout
the inner gall, ready to drop
final stage
gall
Larva whitish or pale yellow, in a single generation; the larve hibernates within the inner gall, and pupates in spring.
host plants
Malvaceae, monophagous
Tilia cordata, x europaea, platyphyllos & subsp. cordifolia, tomentosa.
larva
prosternum with spatula (from Möhn, 1955a)
synonyms
Didymomyia, HHromomyia, reaumuriana (Löw, 1878); Oligotrophus reaumurianus.
notes
the ontogeny of the very first stages of the gall is described by Rohfritsch (2011a).
references
Barnes (1951a), Béguinot (2002e,f, 2006c, 2007a), Bellmann (2012a), Buhr (1965a), Burton, Ellis & Schneider (2022a), Chinery (2011a), Coulianos & Holmåsen (1991a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Flügel (2011a), Gagné (2010a), Hellrigl (2006a, 2010a), Houard (1909a), Ilie & Marinescu (2011a), Kieffer (1891a), Kollár (2007a, 2011a), Koops (2013a), Lambinon, Schneider & Feitz (2001b), Lehmann & Flügel (2012a), Lehmann & Hannover (2016a), Möhn (1955a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Rohfritsch (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Schneider (2016a), Simova-Tošić & Skuhravá (2001a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1996a, 2000a, 2004a, 2007a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Postolovski (2007a), Skrzypczyńska (2002a, 2007a), Skuhravá (2006a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1994a,b, 1997a,b, 1999a, 2005c, 2006a, 2010a, 2012a, 2021a: 282), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Buhr (2013a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Carbonnelle (2017a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dončev & Dimitrova (1991a, 1992a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Hellrigl (2001a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Jørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Stănescu (2009a), Tomasi (2003a, 2014a).