Megoura viciae Buckton, 1876

vetch aphid

on Fabaceae

Megoura viciae: aptera on Vicia faba

Vicia faba, Engeland, Sussex © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints

Megoura viciae: aphids on Vicia sativa

Vicia sativa, Belgium, prov. Hainaut, Vaulx-le-Tournai © Sébastien Carbonnelle

gall

Apterae 3-5mm, at the tip of young shoots, often in enormous colonies. Not attended by ants.

hostplants

Fabaceae, oligophagous

Lathyrus aphaca, heterophyllus, japonicus subsp. maritimus, latifolius, linifolius, ochrus, pratensis, sativus, sylvestris, tuberosus, vernus; Medicago; Onobrychis viciifolia; Ononis; Phaseolus vulgaris; Pisum; Trifolium hybridum; Vicia cracca, faba, narbonensis, orobus, peregrina, pisiformis, sativa, sepium, sylvatica, villosa.

references

Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Blackman & Eastop (2014), Börner & Franz (1956a), Börner & Heinze (1957a), Buga & Stekolshchikov (2012a), Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Durak, Durak & Borowiak-Sobkowiak (0000a, 2011a), Heie (1995a), Lampel (1988a), Lampel & Meier (2007a), Müller (1986a), Nieto Nafría, Muñoz Martínez & Mier Durante (1987a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), Petrović (1998a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).