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.

parasitoids, predators

Phaenoglyphis heterocera.

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), Ferrer-Suay, Selfa, Mata-Casanova, ao (2018a), 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).