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, x damascena, 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 columbaria, ochroleuca, turolensis; Sixalix atropurpurea; 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), Demirözer & Karaca (2011a), 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).