Aphis (Aphis) fabae Scopoli, 1763

Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2017, Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha), European Journal of Taxonomy 338, pp. 1-160 : 13-14

Aphis (Aphis) fabae Scopoli, 1763

Fig. 26

Diagnosis

Aptera 1.5–3 mm, dull black; legs and antennae partly white; abdomen sometimes with white wax markings; usually ant-attended. Polyphagous species (or group of species). Holocyclic and dioecious, primary hosts are Euonymus (Celastraceae) , Philadelphus (Hydrangeaceae) and Viburnum (Adoxaceae) . Numerous plants, mostly herbs, serve as secondary hosts. Only occasionally on conifers. Often attended by ants, but none recorded from conifers.

Recorded coniferous hosts

Pinaceae : Picea sitchensis ; Larix decidua , kaempferi ; Tsuga heterophylla ; Pinus contorta .

Distribution

D S N F I.

A13 (A12 A14) Siphunculi present as pores not raised from body surface ........ Mindarus Koch, 1857

Figures

Fig. 26. Aphis (Aphis) fabae Scopoli, 1763. Colony on Philadelphus coronarius L. (Hydrangeaceae).