Trama rara Mordvilko, 1908

dandelion root aphid

on Taraxacum, etc.

Taraxacum officinale, UK © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints

parasiet

Dirty white to pale brownish, 2-mm large apterae live on the tap-root; the colonies are busily visited by ants.

host plants

Asteraceae, ? monophagous

Centaurea stoebe; Helianthus; Leontodon hispidus subsp. hastilis; Taraxacum officinale.

references

Blackman & Eastop (2017), Heie (1995a), Influential Points (2017), Lampel & Meier (2003a), Nieto Nafría, Mier Durante, Binazzi & Pérez Hidalgo (2002a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).