Ovatus inulae (Walker, 1849)
fleabane aphid
on Inula, Pulicaria
Pulicaria dysenterica, UK © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints
parasite
Apterae 1-2 mm. On undersides of leaves, shoot apices and flowerheads.
hostplants
Asteraceae, narrowly oligophagous
Inula; Pulicaria dysenterica, vulgaris.
Also recorded from unrelated asterids: Adenostyles, Galactites, Helichrysum.
references
Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Blackman & Eastop (2017), Petrović (1998a).