Aphis farinosa Gmelin, 1790
small willow aphid, sallow aphid
on Salix
Salix caprea, England © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints: summer aspect
Salix caprea, Dronten, Roggebotbos, 12.vi.2020 © Arnold Grosscurt: malformed leaf
colony
Salix cinerea, Hungary, Budapest, 9.vii.2019 © László Érsek
colony on a leaf
apterae and larvae
aptera
Salix x fragilis, Hungary, Budapest, 15.v.2018 © László Érsek
aptera
alate
Salix cinerea, France, dép. Val-d’Oise, Saint-Leu-la-Forêt © Pierre Duhem
detail
Salix alba, Dronten, Roggebotbos, 13.vii.2018 © Hans Jonkman
gall
Aphids on the young shoots, less often the petioles; they may be attended by ants. The siphunculi are lighter than the body; cauda darker.
host plants
Salicaceae, monophagous
Salix aegyptiaca, alba, alpina, apennina, appendiculata, aurita, babylonica, bicolor, caprea, cinerea & subsp. oleifolia, daphnoides, elaeagnos, x fragilis, integra, myrsinifolia, myrtilloides, purpurea, pyrenaica, salvifolia, tetrasperma, triandra, viminalis.
synonyms
Aphidula farinosa.
references
Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Barbagallo & Pollini (2014a), Blackman & Eastop (2014), Börner & Franz (1956a), Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Dransfield & Brightwell (2015a), Heie (1986a), Hellrigl (2004a), Kollár (2007a, 2011a), Lampel (1988a), Lampel & Meier (2007a), Meliá Masiá (1986a), Mier Durante, Seco Fernández & Nieto Nafría (1989a), Nieto Nafría & Mier Durante (1982a), Nieto Nafría, Mier Durante, García Prieto & Pérez Hidalgo (2005a), Nieto Nafría, Muñoz Martínez & Mier Durante (1987a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), Petrović (1998a), Piron (2021c), Ripka, Reider & Szalay-Marzsó (1998a), Tambs-Lyche & Heie (1994a), Weis (1955), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).