Classification

Greenideinae: Greenideini

Diagnosis

Medium-sized, rather long-bodied pale brownish-green aphids feeding on undersides of young leaves, usually near the main trunk, of Artocarpus spp. (A. heterophylla, A. incisa). Siphunculi brown-black and very long and slender; almost half as long as body in apterae, and nearly as long as body in alatae. Antennae 1.03-1.07 times as long as body.

Distribution

India (Meghalaya, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu), China, Sri Lanka.

Host plant(s)

Moraceae: Artocarpus heterophylla Lamk., A. incisa L. f.

Measurements

Aptera: Length of body 2.20, width 1.21; antennae 2.36, segments III: IV: V: VI 0.66: 0.28: 0.32: (0.27+0.64); u.r.s. 0.20; h.t.2 0.10; siphunculi 1.08.
Alata: Length of body 2.26, width 1.00; antennae 2.83, segments III: IV: V: VI 0.93: 0.32: 0.39: (0.31+0.71); u.r.s. 0.20; h.t.2 0.12; siphunculi 1.82.

Seasonal occurrence

January-February, August-October.

Natural enemies

Diptera: Syrphidae: Ischiodon scutellaris (F.).

Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae: Aphelinus (Indaphelinus) ancer Hayat (on Greenidea ?artocarpi on jack) (Hayat, 1998).

Braconidae: Trioxys greenideae Stary & van Harten.

Top












	Habitus