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, tomentosa.
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).