Trama troglodytes von Heyden, 1837

artichoke tuber aphid

on Asteraceae

Trama troglodytes on Cirsium spec.

Cirsium spec., UK © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints

Trama troglodytes on Helianthus tuberosus

Helianthus tuberosus, Belgium, prov. Namur, Couvin, Aublain, garden, xii.2015 © Sébastien Carbonelle

parasiet

Whitish to grey, 3-4 mm large apterae live in ant-visited colonies at the roots.

hostplants

Asterceae, broadly oligophagous

Achillea millefolium; Arctium; Artemisia vulgaris; Aster hybridus; Carduus; Centaurea jacea; Chrysanthemum; Cichorium intybus; Cirsium arvense, palustre; Crepis biennis; Cynara; Doronicum; Helianthus tuberosus; Hieracium; Hypochaeris; Lactuca; Lapsana; Leontodon hispidus subsp. hastilis; Matricaria; Rudbeckia; Scorzonera; Sonchus arvensis, asper, oleraceus; Tanacetum; Taraxacum officinale; Tripleurospermum inodorum; Tussilago farfara.

references

Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Blackman & Eastop (2017), Danielsson (1974a), Heie (1995a), Hellrigl (2004a), Influential Points (2017), Lampel & Meier (2003a), Nieto Nafría, Mier Durante, Binazzi & Pérez Hidalgo (2002a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), Petrović (1998a), Tambs-Lyche & Heie (1984a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).