10. Aphis craccivora Koch, 1854

Host plants

Amaranthus viridis L. ( Amaranthaceae), Coriandrum sativum L. ( Apiaceae), Bidens biternata (Lour.) Merr. & Sherff, Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronquist, Dendranthema indicum (L.) Des Moul., Parthenium hysterophorus L., Sonchus asper (L.) Hill ( Asteraceae), Chenopodium album L. ( Chenopodiaceae), Arachis hypogaea L., Euphorbia prostrata Aiton ( Euphorbiaceae), Alhagi maurorum Medik., Cajanus indicus Spreng., Cassia fistula L., Dalbergia sissoo DC., Dolichos lablab L., Indigofera tinctoria L., Lathyrus sativus L., Lens culinaris Medik., Medicago sativa L., M. polymorpha L., Melilotus indica (L.) All., Phaseolus radiatus L., Robinia pseudoacacia L., Senna surattensis (Burm.f.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby, Sesbania aegyptiaca Poir., Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers., Trigonella foenum-graecum L., Vicia faba L. ( Fabaceae), Asparagus sp. ( Liliaceae), Alcea rosea L., Hibiscus sp. ( Malvaceae), Ficus carica L. ( Moraceae), Psidium guajava L. ( Myrtaceae), Bougainvillea sp. ( Nyctaginaceae), Punica granatum L. ( Punicaceae), Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl., Pyrus malus L. ( Rosaceae), Salix sp. ( Salicaceae), Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle ( Simaroubaceae), Cestrum sp., Solanum nigrum L. ( Solanaceae), Tribulus terrestris L. ( Zygophyllaceae), and some unidentified plants of Brassicaceae Burnett, Musaceae Juss., Nitrariaceae Lindl., Poaceae, and Rutaceae Juss.

Distribution in Pakistan

AK: Bagh (Singola), Poonch (Abbaspur, Alisojal, Banjosa, Hajira, Haveli, Hussainkot, Khaigala, Paniola, Rawalakot, Thorar, Tolipir), Sudhanoti (Mang, Palandari, Thrar Khal); BA: Quetta; GB: Gupis-Yasin (Gupis), Gilgit (Nomal); KPK: Chitral, Mansehra (Naran Valley); PB: Attock, Bahawalpur (Mandi Yazman), Bhakkar, Chakwal, Faisalabad, Gujranwala (Kamonke, Nandipur, Qila Didar Singh), Islamabad Capital, Khushab, Lahore, Layyah, Mianwali, Multan, Rawalpindi (Murree, Rawalpindi), Sialkot [widely distributed throughout the country]; cosmopolitan species (Das 1918; Nasir & Yousuf 1992; Naumann-Etienne & Remaudière 1995; Irshad 2001; Blackman & Eastop 2006; Hassan et al. 2010; Bodlah et al. 2011, 2012; Javed et al. 2014; Khan et al. 2012; Amin et al. 2017b, 2019 a, 2021; Maryam et al. 2019; Naseem et al. 2019).