Cacopsylla pruni (Scopoli, 1763)
on Prunus

Prunus padus, Biddinghuizen, Spijk- en Bremerbergbos © Hans Jonkman

underside

another leaf

underside

strong galling alongside the midrib
gall
Eggs translucent to orange, laid singly or in small clusters mostly on basal part of
leaves near leaf veins. Body after last moult green for some hours, then quickly becoming red brown, during overwintering changing to dark brown
host plants
Rosaceae, monophagous
Prunus armeniaca, avium, cerasifera, domestica & subsp. insititia, dulcis, padus, persica, salicina, spinosa.
Mainly P. spinosa
phenology
Univoltine; hibernation as imago, mainly on conifers.
synonyms
Psylla pruni.
references
Baugnée (2003c), Baugnée, Burckhardt & Fassotte (2002a), den Bieman, Malenovský, Burckhardt & Heijerman (2019a), Bodnár, Csüllög & Tarcali (2018a), Burckhardt (1983a, 2002a), Conci, Rapisarda & Tamanini (1992a), Hellrigl (2004a), Hodkinson & White (1979a), Jerinić-Prodanović (2010a), Lauterer (2011a), Lauterer & Dorow (2010a), Malenovský, Baňař & Kment (2011a), Malenkovský & Lauterer (2012a), O’Connor & Malumphy (2011a), Ossiannilsson (1992a), Ouvrard, Burckhardt & Cocquempot (2015a), Burckhardt & Lauterer (2009a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Seljak (2006a, 2020a), Tomasi (2003a), White & Hodkinson (1982a).