Cacopsylla mali (Schmidberger, 1836)

on Malus, Pyrus

gall

Eggs hyaline to gtreyish, deposited solitarily, late in the summer, on one or two years old shoots in bark fissures or around buds. Body of larva and imago light green. Most of antennae green. Univoltine; hibernation as egg on the host plant

hostplants

Rosaceae, narrowly oligophagous

Malus domestica, pumila, sylvestrus; Pyrus communis.

Occasionally on Cydonia (Buhr).
In the summer the adults pass through a summer diapause (“parapause”); at that time they do not feed and may occur on different plants.

synonyms

Psylla mali.

references

Baugnée, Burckhardt & Fassotte (2002a), Burckhardt & Lauterer (2009a), Buhr (1964b), Burckhardt (1983a, 2002a, 2008a), Burckhardt & Freuler (2000a), Conci, Rapisarda & Tamanini (1992a), Hellrigl (2004a), Hodkinson & White (1979a), Jerinić-Prodanović (2010a), Lambinon & Schneider (2004a), Lauterer (201a), Malenkovský & Lauterer (2012a), O’Connor & Malumphy (2011a), Ossiannilsson (1992a), Ouvrard (2014), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Seljak (2006a), Serbina, Burckhardt & Borodin (2015a), Tomasi (2014a), White & Hodkinson (1982a).