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.
parasitoids, predators
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), Evenhuis (1978a), González Funes & Michelena Saval (1988b), Heie (1994a), Hellrigl (2004a), Łabanowski (0000a), 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), Piron (2021c), 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).