Aphis serpylli Koch, 1854

thyme aphid

on Thymus, etc.

Aphis serpylli: aptera on Thymus spec.

Thymus spec., UK © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints

gall

shoot apices shortened, leaves curled. Apterae 1 mm, dark green, siphunculi and cauda black; light dusting of wax.

host plants

Lamiaceae, narrowly oligophagous

Micromeria; Satureja montana; Thymbra; Thymus longicaulis, longiflorus, mastichina, praecox subsp. ligusticus, pulegioides, serpyllum, vulgaris, zygis.

references

Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Barbagallo & Pollini (2014a), Blackman & Eastop (2014), Buhr (1965a), Heie (2986a), Lampel & Meier (2007a), Meliá Masiá (1986a), Mier Durante & Nieto Nafría (1983a), Mier Durante, Seco Fernández & Nieto Nafría (1989a), Nieto Nafría, Mier Durante, García Prieto & Pérez Hidalgo (2005a), Nieto Nafría, Muñoz Martínez & Mier Durante (1987a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), Pérez Hidalgo, Martínez Peláez & Nieto Nafría (2001a), Petrović (1998a), Suay Cano & González Funes (1998a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).