Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Jaapiella vacciniorum

Jaapiella vacciniorum (Kieffer, 1913)

on Vaccinium

Jaapiella vacciniorum on Vaccinium myrtillus

Vaccinium myrtillus, Denmark, Mols, vi.2023 © Sébastien Carbonelle

Jaapiella vacciniorum on Vaccinium myrtillus

opened gall with larve

Jaapiella vacciniorum on Vaccinium myrtillus

another specimen

Jaapiella vacciniorum on Vaccinium myrtillus

same gall, another angle

gall

The topmost leaves are reddened, pleated, and form a dense bunch. The full grown larva is red. Bivoltine, hibernation in the ground.

host plants

Ericaceae, narrowly monophagous

Vaccinium myrtillus.

synonyms

Dichelomyia vaccinii Rübsaamen, 1895, preoccupied.

inquilines

cf Dasineura myrtilli.

references

Béguinot (2002h), Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a)m Rübsaamen (1895c), Simova-Tošić & Skuhravá (2001a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2000a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1994a, 2003a, 2005b, 2006a, 2010a,b, 2012a, 2021a: 293), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Carbonnelle (2017a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá Skuhravý & Hellrigl (2002a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Spungis (2003a).

Last modified 10.vii.2023