Mimeuria ulmiphila (del Guercio, 1917)
maple leaf-nest aphid
on Acer

Acer campestre, Hungary, Mosonmagyaróvár © László Érsek

infested shoot

the damage may be considerable

group of aphids

aptere

alate
ant attendance to the colony
fundatrix with progeny
fundatrix, ventral view
fundatrix, wool removed
two fundatrices, with and without wool.
gall
4 large, olive-green, aphids powdered with white wax cause leaf nests with disfigured, curled leaves. They are attended by ants.
primary host plants
Sapindaceae, monophagous
Acer campestre, platanoides.
Less often other Acer species.
on Ulmus (Rubus)
gall
aphids at the roots, each in a small cavity lined with wax that is permeated by large masses of mycorrhizal mycelium, the actual food of the aphid.
secondary host plants
(Rosaceae), Ulmaceae
On bramble only when it grows next to an elm.
references
Blackman & Eastop (2014), Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Heie (1980a), Krzywiec (1982a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).