Patchiella reaumuri (Kaltenbach, 1843)

lime leaf-nest, taro-root aphid

on Tilia, primary host plant

Tilia platyphyllos, Hungary, Budapest, Hűvösvölgy, 7.vi.2021 © László Érsek

opened gall with larvae and, barely visible, the greyish brown fundatrix

fundatrix, dorsal

fundatrix, ventral

fundatrix, nead

alate larva

alate, dorsal

alate, ventral

Tilia platyphyllos, Loenen (Ge), 25.v.2017 © Arnold Grosscurt

ant attendance

fundatrix surrounded by young larvae

fundatrix

fundatrix ventral

larvae, one already with wing pads

1.vi.2017, a week later; now a few alatae present

alate

gall

the end of young shoots, especially of suckers, spirally contorted; curled leaves in a compact leaf nest. Apart from the 4-5 mm large, almost globular, dark green fundatrix, all aphids are alatae. They are much visited by ants.

host plants

Malvaceae, monophagous

Tilia cordata, x europaea, platyphyllos & subsp. cordifolia, tomentosa.

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on Arum, secondary host plant

Arum maculatum, Britain, Essex, Colchester, iii.2023 © Maria Fremlin

gall

apterae, 2-3 mm, whitish, with much wax, on the rhizomes.

host plants

Araceae, monophagous

Arum italicum, maculatum, orientale.

synonyms

Schizoneura reaumuri.

references

Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a, 2017a), Blackman & Eastop (2014), Börner & Franz (1956a), Börner & Heinze (1957a), Buhr (1965a), Burton, Ellis & Schneider (2022a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Houard (1909a), Lambinon & Schneider (2004a), Lampel & Meier (2003a), Nieto Nafría, Mier Durante, Binazzi & Pérez Hidalgo (2002a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Tomasi (2014a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).