Malus sylvestris, Engeland, East Sussex © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints

Sorbus aucuparia België, prov. Namen, Vierves-sur-Viroin, ancien gare © Stéphane Claerebout

young alatae

Crataegus monogyna, Dronten © Arnold Grosscurt

Sorbus aucuparia, Dronten © Arnold Grosscurt

Malus domestica, Dronten © Arnold Grosscurt

Pyrus communis, Dronten © Arnold Grosscurt

detail; the aphids have black siphunculi

the colours may vary © Encyclop’Aphid

gall

the aphids cause leaf nests at the tip of the shoots; the leaves roll in but do not change colour. No host alternation.

host plants

Rosaceae, oligophagous

Amelanchier lamarckii, stolonifera; Aronia melanocarpa; Chaenomeles japonica, speciosa; Cotoneaster bullatus, divaricatus, horizontalis, integerrimus, melanocarpus, microphyllus, multiflorus, salicifolius; Crataegus azarolus, coccinea, crus-galli, intricata, laevigata, x lavallei, monogyna, rhipidophylla; Cydonia oblonga; Eriobotrya japonica; Malus domestica, x purpurea. rockii, sikkimensis, spectabilis, sylvestris; Mespilus germanica; Osteomeles; Photinia bodinieri; Prunus domestica, spinosa; Pyracantha coccinea; Pyrus communis, pashia; Rhaphiolepis indica; Sorbus aria, aucuparia, intermedia, torminalis; Spiraea douglasii, nipponica, x vanhouttei.

synonyms

Aphidula, Medoralis, pomi; Aphis eriobotryae Schouteden, 1905; A. eriobothryae Houard, 1908.

references

Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Barbagallo & Pollini (2014a), Blackman & Eastop (2014), Börner & Franz (1956a), Buhr (1964b, 1965a), Danielsson (1974a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Heie (1986a), Hellrigl (2004a), Houard (1908a), Lambinon & Schneider (2004a), Lampel & Meier (2007a), Mier Durante, Seco Fernández & Nieto Nafría (1989a), Mifsud, Mangion, Azzopardi ao (2011a), Nieto Nafría, Carnero Hernández & Mier Durante (1977a), Nieto Nafría & Mier Durante (1982a), Nieto Nafría, Mier Durante, García Prieto & Pérez Hidalgo (2005a), Nieto Nafría, Muñoz Martínez & Mier Durante (1987a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), Pérez Hidalgo, Martínez Peláez & Nieto Nafría (2001a), Petrović (1998a), Piron (2017a), Rakauskas, Bašilova & Bernotienė (2015a), Rakauskas & Trukšinaitė (2011a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Ripka, Reider & Szalay-Marzsó (1998a), Roques, Cleary, Matsiakh & Eschem (2017a), Roskam (2009a), Seco & Mier (1986a), Suay Cano & González Funes (1998a), Starý (1995a), Tavares (1905a,b), Tomasi (2014a), Weis (1955), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).