Prunus sp. © Encyclop’Aphid

gall

aphids in the underside of leaves, without causing them to curl (but see note below). Not attended by ants.

hostplants

Rosacae, monophagous

Prunus armeniaca, avium, cerasifera, domestica & subsp. insititia, dulcis, 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, England © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints

a typical colony

hostplants

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), Heie (1986a), Hellrigl (2004a), Houard (1908a), Lampel & Meier (2007), Mier Durante, Seco Fernández & Nieto Nafría (1989a), Müller & Horatschek (1980a), Nieto Nafría & Mier Durante (1982a), Nieto Nafría, Mier Durante, García Prieto & Pérez Hidalgo (2005a), Nieto Nafría, Muñoz Martínez & Mier Durante (1987a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), 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).