Viteus vitifoliae (Fitch, 1855)

on Ampelopsis, Vitis

Vitis vinifera, Hungary, Balatonfüred © László Érsek

detail

opened gall, with female and eggs

upperside of the leaf, with gall openings

detail

Vitis vinifera, France, dépt. Lot, Faycelles © Sébastien Carbonnelle: upper side

underside

Vitis vinifera: France, dépt. Ardèche, Soyons, lieu-dit “Tour penchée” © Stéphane Claerbout: density at which crop loss will happen

detail

Vitis vinifera, Peru © 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.

hostplants

Vitaceae, oligophagous

Ampelopsis cordata; Vitis berlandieri, rupestris, vinifera.

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), 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), Tomasi (2012a, 2014a).