Takecallis taiwanus ( Takahashi, 1926 )

Qiao, Ge-Xia & Zhang, Guang-Xue, 2004, Review Of The Genus Takecallis Matsumura (Homoptera: Aphididae: Myzocallidinae) From China And Description Of One New Species, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (2), pp. 373-378 : 375

Takecallis taiwanus ( Takahashi, 1926)

Myzocallis taiwanus Takahashi, 1926: 160 .

Therioaphis tectae Tissot, 1932: 11 .

Takecallis taiwanus (Takahashi) - Hille Ris Lambers, 1965: 202; Eastop, 1966: 520; Higuchi, 1968: 30; Higuchi, 1972: 36; Stroyan, 1964: 34; Tao, 1990: 134; Zhang, 1999: 233; Zhang & Zhong, 1983: 157.

Material examined. – 2 alate viviparous females (No.Y 2058), Shanghai City , 6 Jun.1978, on Bambusa sp., coll. Ruiliang Yao ; 4 al. vivi. females ( No. 402), Sichuan (Guanxian County), 27 Jul.1963, on bamboo, coll. Guangxue Zhang and Tiesen Zhong ; 10 al. vivi. females (No.Y 1666), Zhejiang Province ( Hangzhou City ), 29 May.1979, on Phyllostachys arcana , coll. Hengyuan Yan ; 8 al. vivi. females (No.Y 899), Zhejiang Province ( Hangzhou City ), 17 May.1965, on bamboo, coll. Guangxue Zhang and Tiesen Zhong ; 7 al. vivi. females (No. 13176, No. 13177, No. 13178), Zhejiang Province ( Hangzhou City ), 12 May 2000, on Bambusa sp., coll. Huachao Xu ; 12 al. vivi. females (No. 5485), Zhejiang Province ( Hangzhou City ), 26 Apr.1975, on Bambusa sp., coll. Guangxue Zhang ; 8 al. vivi. females (No. 5521, No. 5522, No. 5523), Zhejiang Province ( Hangzhou City ), 29 Apr.1975, on Bambusa sp., coll. Tiesen Zhong ; 6 al. vivi. females (No. 5568), Zhejiang Province ( Hangzhou City ), 4 May.1975, on Phyllostachys bambusoides , coll. Tiesen Zhong ; 5 al. vivi. females (No. 5569), Zhejiang Province ( Hangzhou City ), 4 May.1975, on Bambusa sp., coll. Tiesen Zhong ; 4 al. vivi. females (No. 5570), Zhejiang Province ( Hangzhou City ), 4 May.1975, on Pleioblastus amarus , coll. Tiesen Zhong ; 3 al. vivi. females (No. 5578), Zhejiang Province ( Hangzhou City ), 4 May.1975, on Phyllostachys bambusoides , coll. Guangxue Zhang ; 7 al. vivi. females (No. 5659), Zhejiang Province ( Hangzhou City ), 9 May.1975, on Bambusa stenostach , ZTs ; 5 al. vivi. females, No. 6001, Shandong ( Taishan Mountain ), 12 Jun.1975, on Bambusa stenostach , coll. Tiesen Zhong ; 10 al. vivi. females (No. 10698), Yunnan Province ( Lijiang City ), 13 Apr.1995, on Bambusa sp., coll. Gexia Qiao ; 4 al. vivi. females (No. 13355), Yunnan Province ( Kunming City ), 22 Aug.2002, on Phyllostachys sulphurea , coll. Xiaohong Ou.

Host-plants. – In China, host plants include Bambusa stenostach , Phyllostachys arcana , P. bambusoides , P. sulphurea , and Pleioblastus amarus .

Distribution. – China: Zhejiang (Hangzhou), Shandong (Taishan), Yunnan (Kunming, Lijiang), Shaanxi (Xi’an), Shanghai, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Taiwan; Japan, Europe, New Zealand, North America.

Biology. – The species is an important common pest on bamboo; it mainly infests young plants of bamboo. Generally, the aphid feeds on young leaves not fully developed, and forms numerous colonies.