Arge pagana (Panzer, 1798)

on Rosa

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.

references

Benson (1961a), Buhr (1965a), 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).