Cryptomyzus galeopsidis Kaltenbach, 1843
european blackcurrant aphid
on Ribes, primary host plant
Ribes nigrum, UK © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints
Galeopsis spec., Dronten, Roggebotbos, 13.vii.2018 © Hans Jonkman
gall
Apterae 1-3 mm, pale greenish, often with a green median stripe. They feed at the underside of the leaves without causing malformations.
host plants
Grossulariaceae, monophagous
Ribes nigrum.
Rarely R. alpinum, rubrum, uva-crispa.
on Lamiaceae etc., secondary host plants
Galeopsis spec., Stokkum © Arnold Grosscurt
aphid
host plants
Lamiaceae etc.
Galeopsis angustifolia, bifida, ladanum, pubescens, speciosa, tetrahit.
Less frequently Ballota nigra; Glechoma hederacea; Lamium album, amplexicaule, galeobdolon, maculatum, purpureum; Marrubium vulgare; Stachys palustris en zelfs Campanula trachelium, Persicaria hydropiper, maculosa; Veronica beccabunga, tournefortii.
synonyms
Myzella, Phorodon, galeopsidis.
references
Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Bašilova & Rakauskas (2007a), Blackman & Eastop (2014), Buga & Stekolshchikov (2012a), Buhr (1964b, 1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Dransfield & Brightwell (2015a), Durak, Durak & Borowiak-Sobkowiak (0000a, 2011a), Heie (1994a), Hellrigl (2004a), Houard (1908a, 1909a), Lampel & Meier (2007a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), Petrović (1998a), Rakauskas & Trukšinaitė (2011a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Stekolshchikov & Novgorodova (2013a), Szelegiewicz (1982b), Tambs-Lyche (1970a), Tomasi (2014a), Weis (1955a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).