Callipterinella calliptera (Hartig, 1841)

black-banded birch-aphid

on Betula

UK © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints

Betula pendula, Hungary, Budapest, 19.v.2015 © László Érsek

colony on just unfold leaf

apterae and larvae (partly young alatae)

alate

parasite

Apterae 2-3 mm, at the underside of the leaves, often in leaves that have been spun together by caterpillars. Attended by ants.

host plants

Betulaceae, monophagous

Betula nana, pendula, platyphylla, pubescens.

synonyms

Calaphis calliptera; Chaitophorus, Chaetophorus, annulatus Koch, 1854.

references

Bachmaier (1965a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Barbagallo & Pollini (2014a), Blackman & Eastop (2017), Börner & Franz (1956a), Buhr (1964b), Heie (1982a), Houard (1908a), Łabanowski & Soika (2011a), López Rodríguez & Nieto Nafría (1983a), Mier Durante & Nieto Nafría (1997a), Müller & Horatschek (1980a), Nieto Nafría & Mier Durante (1998a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), Petrović (1998a), Ripka, Reider & Szalay-Marzsó (1998a), Stroyan (1977a), Tambs-Lyche & Heie (1984a), Wieczorek & Kanturski (2011a). Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).