Rosa, Wellerlooi: usually the galls develop at the end of a branch, and can become quite large then

Rosa rubiginosa, Belgium, prov. Hainaut, Farciennes; © Jean-Yves Baugnée

Rosa, France, La Ciotat: sometimes the galls develop on other organs, like the leaves; they are much smaller then © Hélène Dumas

lateral view

Rosa, Belgium, prov. Namur, Nismes, Fondry des Chiens: detail of the hair cover of the gall

the centre of the gall consists of some tens of chambers, each containing a single larva

larva

larval mouthparts

host plants

Rosaceae, monophagous

Rosa agrestis, arvensis, balsamica, caesia, canina, corymbifera, dumalis, gallica, glauca, inodora, majalis, marginata, micrantha, montana, rubiginosa, sempervirens, sherardii, spinosissima, tomentosa, villosa.

synonyms

Rhodites rosae.

notes

One of the most conspicuous galls, with real vernacular names like “bedeguar gall” and “robin’s pin cushion”.

inquilines

Periclistus brandtii – and many others!

references

Béguinot (2001c, 2002a,d,e,f,h, 2003a,b, 2006a,c, 2007b, 2012a), Bellmann (2012a), Blanes-Dalmau, Caballero-López & Pujade-Villar (2017a), Buhr (1965a), Cerasa (2015a), Chinery (2011a), Chireceanu, Chiriloaie, Teodoru & Sivu (2015a), Cogolludo (1921a), Coulianos & Holmåsen (1991a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Deckert & Deckert (2016a), Docters van Leeuwen (1936a), Eady & Quinlan (1963a), Flügel (2016a), Groom (2011a), Güçlü, Hayat, Shorthouse & Tozlu (2008a), Hellrigl (2009a), Hellrigl & Bodur (2015a), Houard (1908a), Ilie & Marinescu (2011a), Katılmış & Kıyak (2008a), Kemal & Koçak (2010a), Kollár (2007a, 2011a), Koops (2013a), Kwast (2012a, 2014a), Lambinon, Carbonnelle & Claerebout (2015a), Lambinon & Romain (2009a), Lambinon, Schneider & Chevin (2003a), Lehmann & Flügel (2012a), Lehmann & Hannover (2016a), Marković (2014a, 2015a), Melika (2006a), Mete & Demirsoy (2012a), Nieves-Aldrey (2001a), Nieves-Aldrey, Gómez, Hernández Nieves & Lobo (2006a), Pujade-Villar, Kwast, Thuroczy & Bellido (2002a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Schneider & Haas (2006a), Tavares (1905a), Tomasi (2003a, 2012a, 2014a), Urban (2018a).