Cacopsylla picta (Förster, 1848)

on Malus

gall

Eggs hyaline, solitary at the underside of the leaves, almost invisible among the plant hairs. Body of adult green (but blackish brown after the hibernation, which occurs on conifers); segment limits green in males, reddish in females. Antennae distally conspicuously ringed with black (contra C. mali).

hostplants

Rosaceae, monophagous

Malus domestica, sylvestris.

According to Lauterer & Malenovský (2002a) also Prunus armeniaca.

synonyms

Psylla costalis Flor, 1861.

references

Baugnée, Burckhardt & Fassotte (2002a), Buhr (1964b), Burckhardt (1983a, 2002a), Conci, Rapisarda & Tamanini (1992a), Hellrigl (2004a), Jerinić-Prodanović (2010a), Lauterer & Malenovský (2002a), Malenkovský & Lauterer (2012a), Ossiannilsson (1992a), Ouvrard (2014), Ouvrard, Burckhardt & Cocquempot (2015a), Seljak (2006a).