Uroleucon jaceicola (Hille Ris Lambers, 1939)

yellow-legged knapweed aphid

on Centaurea, Cyanus

Centaurea nigra, UK © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints

parasite

Apterae ± 3 mm; on the stems, early in the season low, in summer high on the plants.

host plants

Asteraceae, narrowly oligophagous

Centaurea jacea, nigra, scabiosa, stoebe; Cyanus triumfettii.

synonyms

Uroleucon jaceicola pasqualei (Hille Ris Lambers & Stroyan, 1959).

references

Blackman & Eastop (2018), Heie (1995a). Mier Durante, Remaudiére & Nieto Nafría (1988a), Petrović (1998a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).