Viteus vitifoliae (Fitch, 1855)
on Ampelopsis, Vitis
Vitis vinifera, Spain, Basque Country, x.2018 © Sébastien Carbonelle
Vitis vinifera, Hungary, Balatonfüred, 19.vii.2015 © László Érsek
detail
opened gall, with female and eggs
upperside of the leaf, with gall openings
detail
Vitis vinifera, France, dépt. Lot, Faycelles, vii.2015 © Sébastien Carbonnelle: upper side
underside
Vitis vinifera: France, dépt. Ardèche, Soyons, lieu-dit “Tour penchée”, 20.viii.2015 © Stéphane Claerbout: density at which crop loss will happen
detail
Vitis vinifera, Peru, 2014 © Chris Snyers
strongly galled leaf
gall
underside of the leaves with 3-7 mm larve pouch galls, open to the outside by a small opening in the upperside. The galls are strongly hairy, often red; inside a number of yellow aphids. Later in the season the aphids cause malignant growth on the roots.
host plants
Vitaceae, oligophagous
Ampelopsis cordata; Vitis acerifolia, aestivalis, amurensis, berlandieri, labrusca, linsecomii, monticola, rupestris, vinifera, vulpina.
synonyms
Daktulosphaira vitifoliae; Phylloxera vastatrix (Planchon, 1868); Viteus vitifoliae vulpinae Börner, 1952. The Aphid Species File (2014) convincingly argues that Daktulosphaira vitifoliae is the correct name, contrary to the Fauna Europaea.
notes
Introduced in the 19th century from North America into Europe, nearly causing the collapse of the French wine industry.
references
Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Beguinot (2002a,d,f, 2003b), Bellmann (2012a), Blanes-Dalmau, Caballero-López & Pujade-Villar (2017a), Börner & Franz (1956a), Buhr (1965a), Cogolludo (1921a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Hellrigl (2004a), Houard (1909a), Ianovici, Matica & Scurtu (2010a), Lambinon & Schneider (2004a), Lampel & Meier (2003a), Mifsud, Mangion, Azzopardi ao (2011a), Osiadacz & Hałaj (2012a), Pellizzari (2010a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Tavares (1905a), Tomasi (2012a, 2014a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).