Aphis urticata Gmelin, 1790
dark green nettle aphid
on Urtica
UK © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints
Urtica dioica, Ommen, de Kleine Wolf © Arnold Grosscurt
aphids
gall
Apterae 1-2 mm; in dense, ant-attended colonies at the top the growing plants; in high summer as pale yellow dwarf forms at the underside of the leaves.
host plants
Urticaceae, monophagous
Urtica dioica, membranacea, pilulifera, urens.
According to Houard also Parietaria judaica.
synonyms
Aphidula urticata; Aphis urticae Fabricius, 1775.
inquilines
predator Aphidoletes urticaria.
references
Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Barbagallo & Pollini (2014a), Blackman & Eastop (2017), Börner & Franz (1956a), Buhr (1965a), Danielsson (1974a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Durak, Durak & Borowiak-Sobkowiak (0000a, 2011a), González Funes & Michelena Saval (1988b), Heie (1986a), Hellrigl (2004a), Houard (1908a), Lambinon & Schneider (2004a), Lampel & Meier (2007a), Mier Durante & Nieto Nafría (1983a), Nieto Nafría & Mier Durante (1982a), Nieto Nafría, Muñoz Martínez & Mier Durante (1987a), Nieto Nafría, Mier Durante, García Prieto & Pérez Hidalgo (2005a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), Pérez Hidalgo, Martínez Peláez & Nieto Nafría (2001a), Petrović (1998a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Suay Cano & González Funes (1998a), Tambs-Lyche & Heie (1994a), Tomasi (2014a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).