Aphis farinosa Gmelin, 1790

small willow aphid, sallow aphid

on Salix

Salix caprea, England © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints: summer aspect

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, 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), Ripka, Reider & Szalay-Marzsó (1998a), Tambs-Lyche & Heie (1994a), Weis (1955), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).