Aphis genistae Scopoli, 1763

on Genista, Spartium

Genista anglica, Denmark, Mols, vi.2023 © Sébastien Carbonelle

closer look

ant attendance

parasite

Apterae 103 mm, black, dusted with wax; on the young shoots, also on the pods.

host plants

Fabaceae, oligophagous

Genista anglica, sagittalis, tinctoria; Spartium junceum.

synonyms

Cerosipha genistae.

references

Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Blackman & Eastop (2017), Börner & Franz (1956a), Görür, Tepeci̇k, Akyildirim & Olcabey (2011a), Heie (1986a), Lampel & Meier (2007a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), Petrović (1998a), Ripka, Reider & Szalay-Marzsó (1998a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).