Illinoia lambersi (MacGillivray, 1960)
rhododendron aphid
on Rhododendron
Rhododendron spec., UK © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints
Rhododendron ponticum, Kasteel Staverden © Hans Jonkman
gall
Aphids strongly variable in colour; siphunculi and cauda long, with characteristic shape.
host plants
Ericaceae, ± monophagous
Kalmia latifolia; Rhododendron indicum, japonicum, molle, ponticum.
Seen in the UK on holly, Ilex aquifolium! Pirion recorded Daboecia cantabrica.
notes
Originally a north-American species.
references
Blackman & Eastop (2017), Eklo & Hofsvang (2008a), Franquinho Aguiar & Ilharco (2001a), Heie (1995a), Lampel & Meier (2007a), Piron (2017a).