Macrosiphoniella sanborni (Gillette, 1908)

chrysanthemum aphid

on Chrysanthemum, etc.

parasite

Apterae 1-2 mm, shiny, dark red‑brown to blackish brown, broadly spindle‑shaped, with black, relatively short and thick siphunculi, shorter than the black cauda. At the undersides of the leaves.

host plants

Asteraceae-Anthemideae, narrowly oligophhagous

Argyranthemum frutescens; Chrysanthemum indicum, “x koreanum”; Dendranthema morifolium.

synonyms

Pyrethromyzus sanborni.

notes

A pest in greenhouses.

references

Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Blackman & Eastop (2018), Börner & Franz (1956a), Buga & Stekolshchikov (2012a), Buhr (1964b), Hellrigl (2004a), Lampel & Meier (2007a), Mier Durante, Seco Fernández & Nieto Nafría (1989a), Mifsud, Mangion, Azzopardi ao (2011a), Miller & Stoetzel (1997a), Nieto Nafría, Carnero Hernández & Mier Durante (1977a), Pérez Hidalgo, Martínez Peláez & Nieto Nafría (2001a), Petrović (1998a), Suay Cano & González Funes (1998b), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).