Dysaphis sorbi (Kaltenbach, 1843)

rowan aphid

on Sorbus primary host plant

Dysaphis sorbi: aptera on Sorbus aucuparia

Sorbus aucuparia, UK © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints

Dysaphis sorbi: apterae on Sorbus aucuparia

Sorbus aucuparia, Hungary, Budapest-Hűvösvölgy © László Érsek, 19.vi.2016

Dysaphis sorbi: apterae on Sorbus aucuparia

colony

Dysaphis sorbi: apterae on Sorbus aucuparia

aphids at the rachis and midrib

Dysaphis sorbi: apterae on Sorbus aucuparia

detail

Dysaphis sorbi: apterae on Sorbus aucuparia

closeup

23.v.2017: ant attendance

Dysaphis sorbi

aptera

Dysaphis sorbi

alate

gall

apterae 2-3 mm, green to olive brown; siphunculi long, pale; antennae about body length, pale, darker towards the tip. The aphids remain till June, July on the primary host, and sometimes no host alternation takes place at all.

host plants

Rosaceae, monophagous

Sorbus aucuparia, domestica, hybrida.

on Campanula, secondary host plants

gall

aphids dull yellow, on the lower parts of the plant.

host plants

Campanulaceae, monophagous

Campanula patula, persicifolia, rotundifolia.

According to Heie also Jasione montana.

synonyms

Aphis, Sappaphis, sorbi.

references

Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Pollini (2014a), Béguinot (2012a), Blackman & Eastop (2014), Börner & Franz (1956a), Buga & Stekolshchikov (2012a), Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Dransfield & Brightwell (2015a), Durak, Durak & Borowiak-Sobkowiak (2011a), Heie (1992a), Hellrigl (2004a), Houard (1908a), Lambinon & Schneider (2004a), Lampel & Meier (2007a), Mier Durante, Remaudiére & Nieto Nafría (1988a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), Rakauskas & Trukšinaitė (2011a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Tambs-Lyche (1970a), Tomasi (2003a), Weis (1955a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).