Brachycaudus aconiti (Mordvilko 1928)

black monkshood aphid

on Aconitum, Delphinium

Brachycaudus aconiti on Aconitum napellus

Aconitum napellus, France, dép. Pyrénées orientales, Eyne, 22.vii.2008 © Jordi Clavell

parasite

Apterae 2-3 mm shining black. Colonising flower stems and leaf petioles, rarely on undersides of leaves

host plants

Ranunculaceae, oligophagous

Aconitum barbatum, x cammarum, lycoctonum subsp. lasiostomum + neapolitanum + septentrionale + vulparia, napellus, variegatum; Delphinium cuneatum, elatum

references

Blackman & Eastop (2018), Buga & Stekolshchikov (2012a), Heie (1995a), Heikinheimo (1997a), Lampel (1988a), Lampel & Meier (2007a), Nieto Nafría, Remaudière & Mier Durante (1991a), Stekolshchikov, Buga & Leshchinskaya (2008a).