Pleotrichophorus chrysanthemi (Theobald, 1920)
on Dendranthema
parasite
Aptere ± 2 mm, light green to yellowish, in dense colonies at the underside of yellowinh leaves.
host plants
Asteraceae, monophagous
distribution within Europe
notes
Found all over the world on cultivated chrysanthemums. Very closely related to Pleotrichophorus glandulosus, possibly a form that has recently be derived from that species.
references
Blackman & Eastop (2018), Corpuz-Raros & Cook (1974a), Miller & Stoetzel (1997a).