Schizaphis piricola (Matsumura, 1917)

on Pyrus

apterae (from Pérez Hidalgo ao).

parasite

Apterae 1.5 mm, yellowish-brown or green, with dark antennae and black-tipped siphunculi. The aphids case leaf curlings in spring.

host plants

Rosaceae, monophagous

Pyrus calleryana.

notes

Oriental species, observed for the first time in Europe (Spain) in 2011. In Asia the species has Cyperaceae (Cyperus rotundus, Carex) as summer host.

references

Blackman & Eastop (2018), Pérez Hidalgo, Umaran & Mier Durante (2011a).