Macrosiphum rosae (Linnaeus, 1758)
rose aphid
on Rosa, primary host plant
Rosa spec., UK © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints
Rosa spec., Hungary, Budapest, park, 30.ix.2019 © László Érsek
colony on a flower bud
aptera
green form
red form
rostrum
colony with alatae
alata
parasite
Aterae 2-4 mm, on young growth. Part of the populations remains permanently on the primary host.
host plants
Rosaceae, monophagous
Rosa alba, canina, glauca, multiflora, pendulina, pouzinii, rugosa, stylosa, tomentosa.
on Caprifoliaceae etc. facultative secondary host plants
Dipsacus fullonum, UK © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints
host plants
Caprifoliaceae (Aquifoliaceae, Onagraceae, Rosaceae, etc.)
Centranthus calcitrapae, ruber; Cephalaria gigantea; Chamerion angustifolium; Convolvulus arvensis; Dipsacus fullonum, laciniatus; Dorycnium pentaphyllum subsp. herbaceum; Fontanesia fortunei; Gleditsia triacanthos; Ilex aquifolium; Knautia arvensis, drymeia subsp. intermedia, longifolia; Rubus ulmifolius; Scabiosa atropurpurea, columbaria, ochroleuca, turolensis; Succisa; Symphoricarpos albus, orbiculatus; Pyrus; Valeriana officinalis; Vitex agnus-castus.
references
Aguirre-Segura, Pascual & Cueto (1993a), Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Barbagallo & Pollini (2014a). Barjadze, Japoshvili, Karaca & Özdemir (2014a), Blackman & Eastop (2017), Börner & Franz (1956a), Buga & Stekolshchikov (2012a), Dransfield & Brightwell (2015a), González Funes & Michelena Saval (1988b), Heie (1994a), Hellrigl (2004a), Lampel (1988a) Lampel & Meier (2007a), Mier Durante & Nieto Nafría (1983a), Mier Durante, Seco Fernández & Nieto Nafría (1989a) Mifsud, Mangion, Azzopardi ao (2011a), Müller (1986a), Müller & Horatschek (1980a), Nieto Nafría (1976a), Nieto Nafría, Carnero Hernández & Mier Durante (1977a), Nieto Nafría & Mier Durante (1982a, 1983a), Nieto Nafría, Muñoz Martínez & Mier Durante (1987a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), Pérez Hidalgo, Martínez Peláez & Nieto Nafría (2001a), Petrović (1998a), Rakauskas & Trukšinaitė (2011a), Ripka, Reider & Szalay-Marzsó (1998a), Roques, Cleary, Matsiakh & Eschem (2017a), Seco & Mier (1986a), Suay Cano & González Funes (1998b), Szelegiewicz (1982b), Tambs-Lyche (1968a), Weis (1955a), Wilkaniec & Piekarska-Boniecka (2008a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).