Rhopalosiphum padi (Linnaeus, 1758)
bird cherry-oat aphid
on Prunus, primary host plant
Prunus padus, Hongarije, Budapest © László Érsek: eggs, december (all following pictures at the same tree)
fundatrices with young apterae; end of March
colony; mid April
two mature apterae and an alate
galled leaf
Prunus padus, Dronten (+ Phyllocoptes eupadi); © Arnold Grosscurt
Prunus padus, Castricum
group of aphids
Prunus padus, Zeewolde, Harderbos © Hans Jonkman; end of Mach: fundatrices and young apterae
detail
Prunus padus, Biddinghuizen, Spijk- en Bremerbergbos © Hans Jonkman
Prunus padus, Zeewolde, Harderbos © Hans Jonkman: the densities may be staggering
Prunus padus, Engeland © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints
host plant
Rosaceae, monophagous
Prunus armeniaca, cerasifera, domestica & subsp; insititia, japonica, mahaleb, padus & subsp. borealis, pensylcanica, persica, serotina, spinosa, tenella, virginiana, “x davidiopersica”.
P. padus is the main host plant; only rarely on sloe.
mainly on monocotyledons, secondary host plants
Avena sativa, England, East Sussex © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints
gall
Both on the primary as on the secondary host plant the aphids often have a rust-coloured spot at the base of the siphunculi.
host plants
grasses, including cereals, but also Arecaceae, Cyperaceae, Iridaceae, Juncaceae, Typhaceae, and even dicots.
“Agropyron”; Agrostis; Allium cepa; Alopecurus pratensis; Ampelodesmos mauretanicus; Anisantha diandra; Apera spica-venti; Arrhenatherum elatius; Arundo donax; Avena barbata, fatua, sativa, sterilis, strigosa; Brachypodium retusum; Bromus secalinus; Calamagrostis; Ceratochloa cathartica; Chamaedorea elegans; Cynosurus echinatus; Cyperus eragrostis, longus, rotundus; Dactylis glomerata & subsp. lobata; Deschampsia; Dittrichia viscosa; Echinochloa crus-galli; Elymus; Elytrigia repens; Festuca valentina; Glyceria; Helictochloa pratensis; Helictotrichon; Holcus lanatus, mollis; Hordelymus; Hordeum murinum & subsp. leporinum, vulgare & subsp. distichon; Iris; Lolium multiflorum, perenne, temulentum; Melica; Milium effusum; Ochlopoa annua; Phalaris canariensis; Phalaroides arundinacea; Phleum pratense; Phragmites australis; Poa chaixii; Rostraria cristata; Secale cereale; Setaria pumila; Sorghum bicolor, halepense; Stellaria; Tilia platyphyllos; Triticale; Triticum aestivum, turgidum subsp. durum; Typha; Vulpia alopecuros; Zea mays.
Occasionally on Brassica nigra; Capsella bursa-pastoris; Carex; Juncus bufonius; Triglochin.
parasitoids, predators
synonyms
Aphis, Sitobion, padi.
references
Albrecht (2015a), Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Barbagallo & Pollini (2014a), Blackman & Eastop (2014), Buhr (1964a, 1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Dietrich (2016a), Durak, Durak & Borowiak-Sobkowiak (2011a), González Funes & Michelena Saval (1988b), Heie (1986a), Hellrigl (2004a), Houard (1908a), Kos, Tomanović, Rojht & Trdan (2009a), Łabanowski (0000a), Lampel (1988a), Lampel & Meier (2007a), Meijer, Smit, Beukeboom & Schilthuizen (2012a), Mier Durante & Nieto Nafría (1983a), Mier Durante, Seco Fernández & Nieto Nafría (1989a), Mifsud, Mangion, Azzopardi ao (2011a), Nieto Nafría & de Benito Dorrego (1976a), Nieto Nafría, Carnero Hernández & Mier Durante (1977a), Nieto Nafría, Mier Durante, García Prieto & Pérez Hidalgo (2005a), Nieto Nafría, Muñoz Martínez & Mier Durante (1987a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), de la Peña, Vandomme & Frago (2014a), Pérez Hidalgo, Martínez Peláez & Nieto Nafría (2001a), Petrović (1998a), Piron (2017a), Rakauskas & Trukšinaitė (2011a), Ripka, Reider & Szalay-Marzsó (1998a), Roskam (2009a, 2019a), Seco & Mier (1986a), Suay Cano & González Funes (1998a), Sylvén (1960a), Tambs-Lyche & Heie (1994a), Tomasi (2014a), Weis (1955a), Wetzel, Skuhravý, Camprag, ao (1984a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).