Kaltenbachiella pallida (Haliday, 1838)
elm–mint leaf-base gall aphid
on Ulmus, primary host plant
Ulmus spec., Hongarije, Mosonmagyaróvár, 22.vi.2019 © László Érsek
opened gall with aphid larvae
fundatrix
larva
larva, ventral
opened gall
detail
older larvae
Ulmus, Brummen, 19.vi.2013 © Arnold Grosscurt: gall, upper side
underside
opened gall, with fundatrix and her offspring
Ulmus minor, Spain, prov. León, Morales del Arcediano, 29.v.2011 © Nicolás Pérez: upper side
underside
mature gall
Ulmus x hollandica, Geervliet, 8.x.2012 © Ben van As: old gall
gall
when the galls are ripe, they get a star-like opening at the top, releasing the winged aphids that will colonize the secondary host plants.
host plants
Ulmaceae, monophagous
Ulmus glabra, x hollandica, laevis, minor, procera.
on Lamiaceae, secondary host plants
gall
aphids live on the roots.
host plants
Lamiaceae, oligophagous
Galeopsis; Mentha x piperita, suaveolens; Origanum; Stachys; Thymus.
synonyms
Pemphigus pallidus.
notes
In Central Europe the species can live permanently without host plant alternation on the secondary host plants (Heie, 1980). Perhaps this explains the rarity of the gall.
references
Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Bellmann (2012a), Blackman & Eastop (2013), Blanes-Dalmau, Caballero-López & Pujade-Villar (2017a), Börner & Franz (1956a), Buhr (1965a), Cogolludo (1921a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Durak, Durak & Borowiak-Sobkowiak (0000a, 2011a), Heie (1980a), Hellrigl (2004a), Houard (1908a), Pérez Hidalgo & Umaran del Campo (2013a), Kollár (2011a), Koops (2013a), Máca (2012a), Nieto Nafría, Mier Durante, Binazzi & Pérez Hidalgo (2002a), Pérez Hidalgo, Martínez Peláez & Nieto Nafría (2001a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Ripka, Reider & Szalay-Marzsó (1998a), Roskam (2009a), Tavares (1905a), Tomasi (2003a, 2014a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).