Classification

Aphidinae: Macrosiphini

Common name(s)

Chrysanthemum aphid

Diagnosis

Apterae 1.0-2.3 mm, shiny, dark reddish-brown to blackish brown, broadly spindle shaped, with black, relatively short and thick siphunculi, shorter than the black cauda. Alatae 1.8-2.6 mm, similarly pigmented. Antennae almost equal to body length. Processus terminalis five times longer than the base of last antennal segment. Siphunculi 0.13 times as long as body, cauda 1.4-1.5 times longer than siphunculi. Cauda dark with 10-20 hairs.

Distribution

Cosmopolitan. Found throughout India.

Natural enemies

Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Cheilomenes sexmaculata (F.), Coccinella undecimpunctata L., Oenopia sauzeti Mulsant, Propylea luteopustulata (Mulsant), Scymnus (Pullus) pyrocheilus Mulsant.

Diptera: Syrphidae: Eupeodes confrater (Wiedemann).

Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae: Aphidius absinthii Marshall, Ephedrus dioscoreae Bhagat, E. niger Gautier et al., Lysaphidus quadrii Shujauddin, Toxares macrosiphophagum Shujauddin.