Aphis cytisorum Hartig, 1841

laburnum aphid

on woody Fabaceae

Genista tinctoria, Belgium, prov, Hainaut, Froidchapelle friche, 1.vi.2017 © Sébastien Carbonelle

detail

Laburnum anagyroides, UK © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints

Laburnum watereri, Hongarije, Budapest, arboretum, 30.vi.2016 © László Érsek

aptera with larvae

ant attendance

same tree, 31.vii.2019

another image

aptera

gall

aphids on the young shoots, later also in the inflorescence and on the pods; they are ant-attended.

host plants

Fabaceae, oligophagous

Adenocarpus complicatus, foliolosus, samniticus, viscosus; Amorpha fruticosa; Argyrocytisus battandieri; Bituminaria bituminosa; Calicotome villosa; Colutea arborescens; Coronilla juncea; Cytisophyllum sessilifolium; Cytisus albus, austriacus & subsp. heuffelii, baeticus, heterochrous, multiflorus, oromediterraneus, proliferus, scoparius, striatus, supranubius, supinus; Dorycnium hirsutum; “Echinospartum ibericum”; Genista cinerascens, cinerea, florida & subsp. polygaliphylla, scorpius, tinctoria, umbellata; Laburnum alpinum, anagyroides, watereri; Lembotropis nigricans; Ononis tridentata; Petteria ramentacea; Retama monosperma, sphaerocarpa; Robinia pseudoacacia; Spartium junceum; “Teline patens”.

See also Aphis cytisorum sarothamni.

synonyms

Aphis laburni Kaltenbach, 1843.

references

Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Barbagallo & Pollini (2014a), Blackman & Eastop (2014), Burton, Ellis & Schneider (2022a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a) González Funes & Michelena Saval (1988b), Heie (1986a), Hellrigl (2004a), Houard (1909a), Laamari, Coeur d’Acier & Jousselin (2013a), Lampel & Meier (2007a), Mier Durante & Nieto Nafría (1983a), Mier Durante, Remaudiére & Nieto Nafría (1988a), Müller & Horatschek (1980a), Nieto Nafría, Carnero Hernández & Mier Durante (1977a), Nieto Nafría & Mier Durante (1982a), Nieto Nafría, Mier Durante, García Prieto & Pérez Hidalgo (2005a), Nieto Nafría, Muñoz Martínez & Mier Durante (1987a), Petrović (1998a), Pérez Hidalgo, Martínez Peláez & Nieto Nafría (2001a), Remaudière, Nieto Nafría & Mier Durante (1986a), Ripka, Reider & Szalay-Marzsó (1998a), Roskam (2009a), Seco Fernández, Mier Durante, Blaso Zumeta & Nieto Nafrîa (1998a), Suay Cano & González Funes (1998a), Tomasi (2003a, 2014a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).