Coloradoa absinthii (Lichtenstein, 1885)

green wormwood aphid

on Artemisia

Artemisia absinthium, Great Britain, Cambridgeshire, Stretham, 30.ix.2024 © Ian Barton: colony

detail

aprera with egg

aptera with, at right, immature male

gall

apterae are small (1-2 mm). almost globular and greenish; the tips of the antennae and the tarsi are black. On the underside of the lower leaves. No host plant alternation.

hostplants

Asteraceae, narrowly monophagous

Artemisia abrotanum, absinthium.

references

Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Pollini (2014a), Blackman & Eastop (2017), Börner & Franz (1956a), Danielsson (1974a), Heie (1992a), Influential Points (2026), Kadyrbekov (2020a), Lampel & Meier (2007a), Nieto Nafría, Muñoz Martínez & Mier Durante (1987a), Pérez Hidalgo, Martínez Peláez & Nieto Nafría (2001a), Suay Cano & González Funes (1998b), Tambs-Lyche (1970a).