Chaitophorus capreae (Mosley, 1841)pale sallow-leaf aphid
on Salix
pale sallow-leaf aphid
on Salix
Salix cinerea, UK © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints
parasiet
Apterae 1-2 mm, whitish tot pale yellow or green, hairy with short blunt siphunculi. They do not form discrete colonies but are scattered over the underside of the leaves along the main veins. Not ant-attended.
host plants
Salicaceae, narrowly monophagous
Salix alba, aurita, babylonica, caprea, cinerea & subsp. oleifolia, daphnoides, lapponum, pedicellata, viminalis.
synonyms
Tranaphis capreae.
references
Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Blackman & Eastop (2017), Börner & Franz (1956a), Heie (1982a), Hellrigl (2004a), Influential Points (2017), Lampel & Meier (2003a), Mier Durante & Nieto Nafría (1997a), Mier Durante, Seco Fernández & Nieto Nafría (1989a), Mifsud, Pérez Hidalgo & Barbagallo (2009a), Nieto Nafría & Mier Durante (1981a, 1998a), Osiadacz & Wieczorek (2003a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), Pérez Hidalgo, Martínez Peláez & Nieto Nafría (2001a), Petrović (1998a), Ripka, Reider & Szalay-Marzsó (1998a), Stroyan (1977a), Suay Cano & González Funes (1998c). Szelegiewicz (1961a), Tambs-Lyche & Heie (1984a), Wieczorek & Osiadacz (2007a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).