Brachycaudus persicae Passerini, 1860
black peach aphid
on Prunus, primary host plant
Prunus persica, UK © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints
gall
2 mm large, shining dark brown aphids with black siphunculi on the young branches, later in the summer also on root suckers.
host plants
Rosaceae, narrowly monophagous
Prunus armeniaca, avium, domestica, dulcis, persica, spinosa.
on Orobanchaceae, secondary host plants
gall
aphids on the above-ground parts.
host plants
Orobanchaceae, oligophagous
Euphrasia; Melampyrum pratense; Odontites luteus; Parentucellia; Rhinanthus angustifolius.
synonyms
Brachycaudus persicaecola (Boisduval, 1967), ? B. semisubterraneus Börner, 1951.
notes
Blackman & Eastop consider persicae a complex of species.
references
Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a) , Blackman & Eastop (2014), Buhr (1965a). Heie (1992a), Hellrigl (2004a), Laamari, Coeur d’Acier & Jousselin (2013a), Lampel & Meier (2007a), Meliá Masiá (1986a), Nieto Nafría & Mier Durante (1982a), Petrović (1998a), Roskam (2009a), Suay Cano & González Funes (1998b), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).