Aphis umbrella (Börner, 1950)

umbrella aphid

on Malvaceae

Malva sylvestris, Hungary, Budapest, 10.v.2019 © László Érsek

colony

colony

aptera

aptera

alate, lateral

alate, dorsal

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

Malva sylvestris, France, dép. Aisne, Bergues sur Sambre © Sébastien Carbonnelle

the umbrella

gall

leaf with deep folds running from the centre towards the margin, that is folded down; the result sometimes resembles an umbrella. Aphids 2 mm, greenish.

host plants

Malvaceae, oligophagous

Alcea rosea; Althaea cannabina, officinalis; Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, trionum; Malva alcea, arborea, moschata, multiflora, neglecta, nicaeensis, olbia, parviflora, pusilla, sylvestris, thuringiaca, trimestris.

Aphidula umbrella; Aphis malvae Koch, 1854; Aphis rostellum (Zhang, Chen, Zhong & Li, 1999).

references

Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Barbagallo & Pollini (2014a), Bellmann (2012a), Blackman & Eastop (2014), Börner & Franz (1956a), Buhr (1964b), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), García Prieto, Pérez Hidalgo, Mier Durante & Nieto Nafría (2004a), González Funes & Michelena Saval (1988b), Heie (1986a), Heikinheimo (1997a), Hellrigl (2004a), Houard (1909a), Laamari, Coeur d’Acier & Jousselin (2013a), Lampel & Meier (2007a), Meliá Masiá (1986a), Mier Durante, Seco Fernández & Nieto Nafría (1989a) Mifsud, Mangion, Azzopardi ao (2011a), Müller & Horatschek (1980a), Nieto Nafría, Carnero Hernández & Mier Durante (1977a), Nieto Nafría, Mier Durante, García Prieto & Pérez Hidalgo (2005a), Pérez Hidalgo, Martínez Peláez & Nieto Nafría (2001a), Petrović (1998a), Roskam (2009a), Stekolshchikov & Novgorodova (2013a), Suay Cano & González Funes (1998a), Tavares (1905a,b), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).