Aphis mammulata Ghimingham & Hille Ris Lambers, 1949

on Rhamnus

gall

1-2 mm large, greyish-green aphids in dense, ant-attended colonies under the leaves and on the fruit pedicels. In spring the leaves are rolled inwards to leaf nests.

host plants

Rhamnaceae, narrowly monophagous

Rhamnus alpina, cathartica, saxatilis subsp. tinctoria.

synonyms

Aphidula mammulata.

references

Blackman &a Eastop (2014), Börner & Franz (1956a), Buhr (1965a), García Prieto & Nieto Nafría (2005a), Heie (1986a), Lampel & Meier (2007a), Nieto Nafría, Mier Durante, García Prieto & Pérez Hidalgo (2005a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), Petrović (1998a), Ripka, Reider & Szalay-Marzsó (1998a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).