Cryptomyzus ribis (Linnaeus, 1758)
red currant aphid
on Ribes, primary host plant
Ribes rubrum, UK © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints
Ribes, Dronten © Arnold Grosscurt
lower surface of the gall
Ribes rubrum, Beuningen
aphids
Ribes rubrum, Nieuwendam
at the underside of the galled part of the leaf the normal, slender, unicellular hairs have been replaced by stout, short, multicellular hairs
section through a galled part of the leaf
Ribes rubrum, Hungary, Mosonmagyaróvár © László Érsek: galled part of a leaf, upper side
underside with colony
aptera
hostplants
Grossulariaceae, monophagous
Ribes alpinum, nigrum, rubrum, uva-crispa.
Mainly R. rubrum.
on Lamium, Stachys, secondary host plants
gall
aphids on leaves and stems.
hostplants
Lamiaceae, ± monophagous
Lamium album; Stachys arvensis, palustris, sylvatica.
Occasionally also Galeopsis, Leonurus cardiaca.
synonyms
Myzus ribis.
notes
Sometimes colonies remain without alternation all summer on the primary hostplant.
references
Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Pollini (2014a), Bašilova & Rakauskas (2007a), Blackman & Eastop (2017), Börner & Franz (1956a), Buga & Stekolshchikov (2012a), Coulianos & Holmåsen (1991a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Durak, Durak & Borowiak-Sobkowiak (0000a, 2011a), Heie (1994a), Hellrigl (2004a), Houard (1908a), Ianovici, Matica & Scurtu (2010a), Ilie & Marinescu (2011a), Koops (2013a), Lambinon, Carbonnelle & Claerebout (2015a), Lambinon & Schneider (2004a), Lampel & Meier (2007a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), Petrović (1998a), Rakauskas & Trukšinaitė (2011a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Ripka, Reider & Szalay-Marzsó (1998a), Roskam (2009a), Seidel (1957a), Tambs-Lyche (1970a), Weis (1955a).