Uroleucon pilosellae (Börner, 1933)

brown mouse-ear hawkweed aphid

on (Hieracium), Pilosella

Uroleucon pilosellae: aptera on Pilosella officinarum

Pilosella officinarum, UK © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints

Uroleucon pilosellae colony on Pilosella spec.

Pilosella spec., Biddinghuizen, Spijk- en Bremerbergbos 4.ix.2018 © Hans Jonkman

Uroleucon pilosellae colony on Pilosella spec.

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parasite

Apterae 2-3 mm, at the flower stems.

host plants

Asteraceae, almost monophagous

Hieracium racemosum; Pilosella officinarum.

Almost exclusively on mouse-ear.

synonyms

Dactynotus pilosellae.

references

Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a) , Blackman & Eastop (2018), Börner & Franz (1956a), Buga & Stekolshchikov (2012a), Heie (1995a), Hellrigl (2004a), Laamari, Coeur d’Acier & Jousselin (2013a), Lampel (1988a), Lampel & Meier (2007a)m Pérez Hidalgo, Martínez Peláez & Nieto Nafría (2001a), Ripka (2011a), Stekolshchikov, Leshchinskaya, Buga & Voronova (2010a), Suay Cano & González Funes (1998b), Tambs-Lyche (1968a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).