Periphyllus lyropictus (Kessler, 1886)

norway maple periphyllus aphid

on Acer

Acer platanoides, Hungary, Budapest © László Érsek

colony

larvae

aptera

aptera

Acer platanoides, UK © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints

parasiet

Apterae 2-3 mm, relatively long-hairy and with short siphunculi. In large colonies at the underside of the leaves, intensively visited by ants. This is the only species that does not have an aestivating form; in the high summer many minute individuals are born, but these do not enter diapause.

hostplants

Sapindaceae, monophagous

Acer platanoides.

Also, but much less frequently, A. campestre, pseudoplatanus, saccharinum, and Xanthoceras sorbifolium.

synonyms

Chaetophorella fusca Börner, 1940; Periphyllus fuscus (Börner, 1940).

references

Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Blackman & Eastop (2017), Heie (1982a), Hille Ris Lambers (1947b), Influential Points (2017), Junkiert, Wieczorek & Wojciechowski (2011a), Mackoś (0000a), Nieto Nafría & Mier Durante (1981a, 1998a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), Petrović (1998a), Ripka, Reider & Szalay-Marzsó (1998a), Stroyan (1977a), Wieczorek & Junkiert (2012a).