Brachycaudus bicolor

Brachycaudus bicolor Nevksy, 1929

hound’s tongue aphid

on Boraginaceae

Brachycaudus bicolor: aptera on Cynoglossum officinale

Cynoglossum officinale, UK © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints

parasite

Apterae ± 2 mm, in ant-attended colonies occur on root collars, and at bases of leaves near ground level.

host plants

Boraginaceae, oligophagous

Anchusa; Cerinthe minor; Cynoglossum officinale; Echium; Lindelofia; Myosotis.

references

Blackman & Eastop (2018), Stekolshchikov, Gavrilyuk & Novgorodova (2008a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).

mod 25.i.2019