Macrosiphoniella millefolii (deGeer, 1773)

yarrow aphid

on Achillea

Macrosiphoniella millefolii on Achillea millefolium

Achillea millefolium, Belgium, prov. Hainaut, Vaulx-le-Tournai, 31.x.2017 © Sébastien Carbonelle

Macrosiphoniella millefolii: aptera on Achillea millefolium

Achillea millefolium, UK © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints

parasite

Apterae 2-4 mm, mostly, well camouflaged, in the inflorescence.

host plants

Asteraceae, oligophagous

Achillea filipendulina, ligustica, millefolium & subsp. sudetica, nobilis, ptarmica, seidlii; Anthemis arvensis; Leucanthemum vulgare; Tanacetum parthenium vulgare; Tripleurospermum.

Normally on A. millefolium.

references

Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Barbagallo & Pollini (2014a), Blackman & Eastop (2018), Buga & Stekolshchikov (2012a), Heie (1995a), Hellrigl (2004a), Lampel & Meier (2007a), Mier Durante & Nieto Nafría (1983a), Müller (1986a), Nieto Nafría & Mier Durante (1982a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), Petrović (1998a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a, 2019a), Soika & Łabanowski (0000a), Szelegiewicz (1982b), Tomasi (2014a), Weis (1955a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).