Arge pagana (Panzer, 1798)
on Rosa
Rosa spec., UK, Norfolk, Downham Market. 15.vii.2022 © Rob Edmunds
Rosa canina, Hungary, Jánossomorja, 17.vi.2018 © László Érsek: young larvae
Rosa canina, Hungary, Kimle, 4.ix.2017 © László Érsek: fully grown larva
another image
Rosa canina, Hungary, Budapest, Kamaraerdő, 26.v.2021 © László Érsek: ovipositing female
detail
from above
fresh oviposition scar
transverse section: two egg chambers
detail
length section through one of the egg chambers
egg
gall
eggs are deposited in two length rows in a young shoot. As the shoot becomes older and thicker, an elliptic scar remains. Larvae free on the leaves.
host plants
Rosaceae, monophagous
Rosa canina, majalis, multiflora.
notes
The larvae of A. pagana and A. ochropus are quite similar, en aften occur together. Often, pagana larvae have an undivided black spot on the abdominal segment, while in ochropus this spot is divided in two. A fully reliable difference, according to Chevin, is that in pagana the black dots of the abdominal segments, seen from above, are arranged in neat length rows, while in ochropus they form much more untidy rows.
references
Benson (1961a), Buhr (1965a), Burggraaf-van Nierop & van Achterberg (1990a), Chevin (1972a), Gyurkovics & Haris (2012a), Haris (2009a, 2012a), Hoop (1983a), Kofler & Schedl (2010a), Macek (2012c), Pschorn-Walcher & Altenhofer (2000a), Savina & Chevin (2012a), Schwarz (2004a), Taeger, Altenhofer, Blank, ao (1998a), Vicidomini & Russo (2007a), Zhao & Hua (2016a).