Phyllaphis fagi (Linnaeus, 1767)
woolly beech-aphid
on Fagus
Fagus sylvatica, Hongarije, Budapest, Arboretum, 21.iii.2019 © László Érsek: hibernated eggs in bark fissure
eggs
detail
same tree, 20.v.2016: apterae
detail
16.v.2015, alate
Fagus sylvatica, Belgium, prov. Liège, Membach; © Jean-Yves Baugnée
the aphids with their wax cover
Fagus sylvatica, Dronten © Arnold Grosscurt
Fagus sylvatica, Boswachterij Nunspeet © Hans Jonkman
gall
not host plant alternation. The species is attended by ants.
host plants
Fagaceae, monophagous
Fagus orientalis, sylvatica.
Rarely Carpinus betulus (Betulaceae).
references
Abras, Fassotte, Chandelier & Cavelier (2008a), Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Börner & Franz (1956a), Buhr (1964b), Danielsson (1974a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Durak, Durak & Borowiak-Sobkowiak (0000a, 2011a), Heie (1982a), Hellrigl (2004a), Houard (1908a), Kollár (2007a), Kot & Kmieć (2012a), Lampel & Meier (2003a), López Rodríguez & Nieto Nafría (1983a), Mier Durante & Nieto Nafría (1997a), Nieto Nafría & Mier Durante (1981a, 1998a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), Pérez Hidalgo, Martínez Peláez & Nieto Nafría (2001a), Petrović (1998a), Piron (2021c), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Ripka, Reider & Szalay-Marzsó (1998a), Roques, Cleary, Matsiakh & Eschem (2017a), Roskam (2009a), Seidel (1957a), Stroyan (1977a), Sylvén (1960a), Tambs-Lyche & Heie (1994a), Tomasi (2003a), Weis (1955a), Wieczorek & Kanturski (2011a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).