Aphis fabae cirsiiacanthoidis Scopoli, 1763

on Euonymus, primary host plant

gall

the leaves are curled. At the underside 2-3 mm large, dull black aphids.

host plants

Celastraceae, monophagous

Euonymus europaeus.

A reference by Roskam to Philadelphus coronarius possibly rather applies to Aphis fabae mordvilkoi.

on Cirsium etc, secondary host plants

Cirsium tuberosum, France, dép. Savoie, Val-Cenis, 1650 m, 30.vii.2019 © Pierre Suhem

host plants

Asteraceae, monophagous

Cirsium arvense, eriophorum, palustre, vulgare.

Less frequently Cirsium carniolicum, erisithales, rivulare, tuberosum; Carduus defloratus; an observation on Meum athamanticum must be exceptional. Müller & Horatschek (1980b) reported this form from Veratrum nigrum.

gall

often large colonies of 2-3 mm large, dull black aphids high in the plants.

synonyms

Aphis cirsiiacanthoidis; Aphis acanthi von Paula Schrank, 1801.

references

Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Aphis fabae, Barbagallo & Pollini (2014a), Blackman & Eastop (2014), Börner & Franz (1956a), Buhr (1964b), Hellrigl (2004a), Lampel (1988a), Lampel & Meier (2007a), Müller & Horatschek (1980b), Nieto Nafría, Mier Durante, García Prieto & Pérez Hidalgo (2005a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), Roskam (2009a), Weis (1955a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).