Aphis confusa Walker, 1849
on Caprifoliaceae
gall
in spring as ± 2 mm long, green or dark green aphids high in the plants and in the inflorescence. In summer as smaller, pale yellow or yellowish green aphids at the underside of leaves, at the base of stems or on roots. Intensely ant-attended.
host plants
Caprifoliaceae – Dipsacoideae, narrowly oligophagous
Dipsacus fullonum; Knautia arvensis, dinarica, dipsacifolia, drymeia, longifolia; Lomelosia argentea; Scabiosa atropurpurea, columbaria, ochroleuca, triandra; Succisa pratensis.
synonyms
Cerosipha confusa.
references
Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Barbagallo & Pollini (2014a), Blackman & Eastop (2014), Börner & Franz (1956a), Buhr (1964b), Heie (1986a), Lampel & Meier (2007a), Nieto Nafría, Mier Durante, García Prieto & Pérez Hidalgo (2005a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), Papapanagiotou, Nathanailidou, Taylor ao (2012a), Petrović (1998a), Ripka (2011a), Suay Cano & González Funes (1998a), Tambs-Lyche & Heie (1994a), Tomasi (2012a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).