Mesocallis (Mesocallis) pteleae Matsumura, 1919

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Mesocallis (Mesocallis) pteleae Matsumura, 1919

Mesocallis pteleae Matsumura 1919: 103. Higuchi 1972: 23; Quednau 2003: 20; Qiao et al. 2005: 196; Lee et al. 2018: 4.

Agrioaphis hashibamii Shinji 1935: 287; Tseng and Tao 1938: 209; Tao 1963: 57.

Myzocallis colyricola Shinji 1941: 1148.

Specimens examined.

Two alate viviparous females, China: Hebei (Wulin Mountain), 15 Jul. 1983, no. Y4357, on Corylus mandshurica , coll. S.B. Tian (NZMC); 1 alate viviparous female, Hebei (Wulin Mountain), 13 Sep. 1983, no. Y4354, on Corylus heterophylla , coll. S.B. Tian (NZMC); 1 alate viviparous female, Gansu (Yuzhong County: Xinglong Mountain, alt. 2170m), 30 Jul. 1986, no. 8556, on Corylus heterophylla , coll. G.X. Zhang, J.H. Li, and T.S. Zhong (NZMC); 3 alate viviparous females, Gansu (Tianshui City: Maijishan Mountain, alt. 1700 m), 24 Jul. 1985, no. 8556, on Corylus heterophylla , coll. G.X. Zhang and T.S. Zhong (NZMC).

Distribution.

China (Hebei, Sichuan, Gansu), Japan, Korea.

Host plants.

Corylus heterophylla , C. sieboldiana var. mandshurica , Alnus cremastogyne in China; but, in Japan, Alnus matsumurae , Corylus heterophylla var. thunbergii ( Shinji 1935); C. sieboldiana , C. sieboldiana var. mandshurica ( Higuchi 1972), also recorded from Ostrya japonica and Carpinus sp. ( Quednau 2003), and Betula spp. ( Holman 2009).

Biology.

Pale green in life; scattered on the underside of leaves of host plants.