Betula pendula, Biddinghuizen, Spijk- en Bremerbergbos © Hans Jonkman

The alatae are densely covered by wax

gall

The full-grown apterae are relatively large (3-4 mm), winged, greenish with a variable amount of black; they are dusted with bluish-white wax. The siphunculus is short with a black tip. Mainly at the undersides of the leaves. No host alternation.

host plants

Betulaceae, narrowly monophagous

Betula pendula.

On B. pubescens lives the related Euceraphis punctipennis
In Slovenia also found on B. cf. nigra and platyphylla (Wojciechowski ao, 2016a)

references

Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Barbagallo & Pollini (2014a), Blackman & Eastop (2014), Heie (1982a), Influential Points (2017), Johnson (2001a), Lampel & Meier (2003a), Łabanowski & Soika (2011a), Mier Durante & Nieto Nafría (1997a), Nieto Nafría & Mier Durante (1998a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), Petrović (1998a), Ripka, Reider & Szalay-Marzsó (1998a), Tambs-Lyche & Heie (1984a), Wieczorek & Kanturski (2011a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).