Eriosoma ulmi (Linnaeus, 1758)
elm-currant aphid
on Ulmus, primary host plant
Ulmus spec, Voorne’s Duin © Ben van As
another specimen
Ulmus glabra, Zeewolde, Harderbos © Hans Jonkman: in the opening some wax-covered aphids can be seen.
Ulmus minor, Amsterdam, Nieuwendam: galled leaf part of the leaf
host plants
Ulmaceae, narrowly monophagous
Ulmus americana, glabra, minor, procera, pumila, thomasii.
Not on U. laevis (contra Houard)
gall
the aphids in the gall are brownish to dull green, and covered by wax. Characteristically, only one half of the leaf is rolled inwards and thickened.
predators
In the galls hunts Anthocoris gallarumulmi.
on Ribes, secondary host plant
gall
aphids at the roots; the are 1-2 mm long, ± reddish brown, with some wax wool; they are not attended by ants.
host plants
Grossulariaceae, monophagous
Ribes aureum, nigrum, rubrum.
Less often also on R. oxycanthoides subsp. irriguum, sanguineum, and uva-crispa.
synonyms
Schizoneura ulmi.
references
Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Beguinot (2002a,e,f,h, 2003a, 2006c, 2012a), Bellmann (2012a), Blackman & Eastop (2014), Börner & Franz (1956a), Börner & Heinze (1957a), Buga, Zhorov, Leshchinskaya & Stekolshchikov (2016a), Buhr (1965a), Carter & Danielsson (1993a), Chinery (2011a), Cogolludo (1921a), Coulianos & Holmåsen (1991a), Danielsson (1979a, 1982a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Dietrich (2016a), Durak, Durak & Borowiak-Sobkowiak (0000a, 2011a), Heie (1980a), Hellrigl (2004a), Houard (1908a), Kollár (2007a, 2011a), Kowalski (2004a), Koops (2013a), Lambinon & Schneider (2004a), Lampel & Meier (2003a), Lehmann & Flügel (2012a), Lehmann & Hannover (2016a), Mier Durante, Seco Fernández & Nieto Nafría (1989a), Nieto Nafría, Mier Durante, Binazzi & Pérez Hidalgo (2002a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), Pérez Hidalgo, Martínez Peláez & Nieto Nafría (2001a), Rakauskas & Trukšinaitė (2011a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Ripka, Reider & Szalay-Marzsó (1998a), Roskam (2009a), Stănescu (2009a), Suay Cano & González Funes (1998c), Sylvén (1960a), Szelegiewicz (1982b), Tambs-Lyche & Heie (1994a), Tomasi (2003a, 2012a, 2014a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).