Uroleucon hypochoeridis Hille Ris Lambers, 1939
large hawksbeard aphid
on Hypochaeris
Hypochaeris radicata, UK © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints
gall
Aphids in the inflorescence, just below the capitula. They are 3-4 mm long, brown or reddish brown, with black antennae and siphunculi. No host plant alternation.
host plants
Asteraceae, monophagous
Hypochaeris achyrophorus, glabra, radicata.
Occasionally also Crepis biennis; Launaea fragilis, lanifera; Leontodon hispidus; Reichardia picroides; Scorzoneroides autumnalis; Taraxacum; Tolpis; Urospermum picroides.
synonyms
Dactynotus hypochoeridis.
references
Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Pollini (2014a), Blackman & Eastop (2014) Börner & Franz (1956a), Buga & Stekolshchikov (2012a), Danielsson (1974a), Dransfield & Brightwell (2015a), Franquinho Aguiar & Ilharco (2001a), Heie (1994a), Lampel & Meier (2007a), Mier Durante & Nieto Nafría (1983a), Nieto Nafría & Mier Durante (1982a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), Stekolshchikov, Leshchinskaya, Buga & Voronova (2010a), Suay Cano & González Funes (1998b), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).