Tuberolachnus salignus (Gmelin, 1790)
giant willow aphid
on Salix
Salix spec., Belgium, prov. Namur, Vierves-sur-Viroin, Etang de la Jussière, 7xi.2014 © Sébastien Carbonelle
alalate
Salix babylonica, Hungary, Mosonmagyaróvár, 19.vii.2015 © László Érsek: colony
detail
apterae and larvae; note the relatively long legs of the apterae
aptera
alate
ant attendance
Salix spec., UK, Norfolk, Welney, 22.ix.2020 © Rob Edmunds
Salix alba, England © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints
gall
Aphids on the stem and the branches. Shoots somewhat swollen, sometimes the bark is rupturing. Apterae up to 5 mm, body fluid deep red.
host plants
Salicaceae, monophagous
Salix alba, apennina, babylonica, caprea, cinerea, eleagnos, x fragilis, pedicellata, purpurea, triandra, viminalis.
references
Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Barbagallo & Pollini (2014a), Blackman & Eastop (2014), Börner & Franz (1956a), Buhr (1965a), Charles, Nef, Allegro, ao (2014a), Heie (1995a), Hellrigl (2004a), Krzywiec (1982a), Lampel & Burgener (1966a), Lampel & Meier (2003a), Meliá Masiá (1986a), Mifsud, Pérez Hidalgo & Barbagallo (2009a), Nieto Nafría, Mier Durante, Binazzi & Pérez Hidalgo (2002a), Osiadacz & Wieczorek (2003a), Pérez Hidalgo, Martínez Peláez & Nieto Nafría (2001a), Perny & Steyrer (2009a), Petrović (1998a), Piron (2021c), Ripka, Reider & Szalay-Marzsó (1998a), Tambs-Lyche & Heie (1994a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).