Aphis gossypii Glover 1877

Aphis gossypii Glover, 1877 Diagnosis Aptera 0.8–1.7 mm. Pale green to blackish green; siphunculi black. Small, pale yellow specimens occur in in crowded colonies or hot conditions. In cold temperate regions mostly in glasshouses. Dioecious with several unrelated plants as primary hosts, in Europe,...

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Main Author: Albrecht, Anders Christian
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Published: Zenodo 2015
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3793932
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Summary:Aphis gossypii Glover, 1877 Diagnosis Aptera 0.8–1.7 mm. Pale green to blackish green; siphunculi black. Small, pale yellow specimens occur in in crowded colonies or hot conditions. In cold temperate regions mostly in glasshouses. Dioecious with several unrelated plants as primary hosts, in Europe, however, mostly anholocyclic. Very similar to A. beccabungae Koch, 1855 (Fig. 24) and other species of the A. frangulae group. See Blackman & Eastop (2014) and Heie (1986) for differences and a more complete account. Dioecious but usually anholocyclic, polyphagous. Recorded Equisetum host E. sylvaticum . Distribution D F N S. : Published as part of Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2015, Identification guide to Nordic aphids associated with mosses, horsetails and ferns (Bryophyta, Equisetophyta, Polypodiophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Aphidoidea), pp. 1-55 in European Journal of Taxonomy 145 on pages 30-31, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2015.145, http://zenodo.org/record/3787410 : {"references": ["Blackman R. L. & Eastop V. F. 2014. Aphids on the World's plants. Available from http: // www. aphidsonworldsplants. info / [accessed on 13 Feb. 2015].", "Heie O. E. 1986. The Aphidoidea of Fennoscandia and Denmark III. Pterocommatinae and Aphidinae, Aphidini. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 17. E. J. Brill / Scandinavian Science Press, Leiden- Copenhagen."]}