Callipterinella tuberculata (von Heyden, 1837)

red-banded birch-aphid

on Betula

Betula pendula, Hungary, Budapest, Hűvösvölgy, 30.vi.2019 © László Érsek

colony

larvae

aptera

aptera

alate

Betula pendula, Budapest, arboretum, 26.v.2015

Betula pendula, UK © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints

parasiet

Apterae ± 2 mm; on underside and upperside of the leaves, also on the tip of young shoots; often also in leaf nests that have been spun together by caterpillars.

host plants

Betulaceae, monophagous

Betula pendula, pubescens.

Perhaps with a preference for Betula pendula.

synonyms

Calaphis tuberculata; Callipterus tricolor (Koch, 1854).

references

Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Pollini (2014a), Blackman & Eastop (2017) Börner & Franz (1956a), Buhr (1964a), Heie (1982a), Hellrigl (2004a), Houard (1908a), Lampel & Meier (2003a), Łabanowski & Soika (2011a), Mier Durante & Nieto Nafría (1997a), Nieto Nafría & Mier Durante (1998a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), Pérez Hidalgo, Martínez Peláez & Nieto Nafría (2001a), Petrović (1998a), Piron (2017a), Ripka, Reider & Szalay-Marzsó (1998a), Stroyan (1977a), Tambs-Lyche & Heie (1984a), Wieczorek & Kanturski (2011a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).