Hyalopterus pruni (Geoffroy, 1762)
mealy plum aphid
on Prunus, primary host plant
Prunus cerasifera, Hungary, Budapest, 20.v.2016 © László Érsek
detail of the colony
also on the green branches
apterae
alate
Prunus spinosa, Dronten © Arnold Grosscurt
apterae
gall
aphids in the underside of leaves, without causing them to curl (but see note below). Not attended by ants.
host plants
Rosacae, monophagous
Prunus armeniaca, avium, cerasifera, domestica & subsp. insititia, dulcis, fruticosa, laurocerasus, mahaleb, persica, spinosa.
notes
according to Blackman & Eastop lives the species primarily on Prunus domestica, rarely on other Prunus species, notably P. dulcis. Apparently sloe is an exceptional host plant. This perhaps explains the discrepancy between their observation that no leaf curling does take place, and the picture above.
on Arundo, Phragmites, secondary host plants
Phragmites australis, Hungary, Budapest, 16.v.2018 © László Érsek
aptera
alate
Phragmites australis, Zeewolde, Harderbos © Hans Jonkman
Phragmites australis, Belgium, prov. Hainaut, Virelles © Sébastien Carbonnelle
Phragmites australis, England © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints
a typical colony
host plants
Poaceae, oligophagous
Arundo donax; Phragmites australis.
Also Calamagrostis; Deschampsia; Molinia; Phalaroides arundinacea; Poa; Typha latifolia.
synonyms
Hyalopterus arundinis (Fabricius, 1775).
references
Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Blackman & Eastop (2014), Börner & Franz (1956a), Buhr (1964a, 1965a) Danielsson (1974a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Durak, Durak & Borowiak-Sobkowiak (0000a), García Prieto, Pérez Hidalgo, Mier Durante & Nieto Nafría (2004a), Heie (1986a), Hellrigl (2004a), Houard (1908a), Lampel & Meier (2007), Mier Durante, Seco Fernández & Nieto Nafría (1989a), Müller & Horatschek (1980a), 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 & Trukšinaitė (2011a), Ripka (2011a), Ripka, Reider & Szalay-Marzsó (1998a), Stănescu (2009a), Suay Cano & González Funes (1998a), Tambs-Lyche & Heie (1994a), Tomasi (2014a), Weis (1955a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).