Aphis craccae Linnaeus, 1758
on Vicia
Vicia cracca, Utrecht, Terwijden: galled leaves © Arnold Grosscurt
an aphid
host plants
Fabaceae, narrowly monophagous
Viciacassubica, cracca & subsp. incana, ? lutea, monanta, sativa, sepium, sylvatica, tenuifolia, villosa & subsp. varia.
Vicia cracca is the most important host plant by far. Records from other genera (Ceratonia siliqua, Laburnum anagyroides), and in particular broad beans, almost always stem from confusion with other black aphids.
synonyms
Pergandeida craccae.
references
Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Barbagallo & Pollini (2014a), Blackman & Eastop (2014), Börner & Franz (1956a), Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Durak, Durak & Borowiak-Sobkowiak (0000a), Grosscurt (2017a), Heie (1986a), Hellrigl (2004a), Houard (1909a), Lampel (1988a), Lampel & Meier (2007a), Nieto Nafría, Mier Durante, García Prieto & Pérez Hidalgo (2005a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), Petrović (1998a), Piron (2017a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Stekolshchikov, Buga & Leshchinskaya (2008a), Tambs-Lyche & Heie (1994a), Tomasi (2003a, 2012a, 2014a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).