Lettuce_aphid

<i>Nasonovia ribisnigri</i>

Nasonovia ribisnigri

Species of true bug

Nasonovia ribisnigri is a species of aphid. Their primary hosts are currant plants, including blackcurrants (Ribes nigrum) and gooseberries (Ribes uva-crispa), while the secondary hosts are a wider range of plants, including members of the Compositae (Hieracium, Lapsana, Crepis, Leontodon, Lactuca and Cichorium), Lamiales (Veronica and Euphrasia) and Solanaceae (Nicotiana and Petunia).[1] They are an important agricultural pest in lettuce and endive cultivation. [2]

Quick Facts Nasonovia ribisnigri, Scientific classification ...

Males grow to a length of 2.5 millimetres (0.098 in), while viviparous females are 1.7–3.2 mm (0.067–0.126 in) long, but oviparous female only reach 1.6–1.7 mm (0.063–0.067 in).[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Ole E. Heie (1994). "Nasonovia (Nasonovia) ribisnigri (Mosley, 1841)". The Aphidoidea (Hemiptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark: Family Aphididae. of tribe Macrosiphini of subfamily Aphidinae, Volume 5, Part 2. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. Brill. pp. 59–61. ISBN 978-90-04-09899-2.
  2. [2]
    Ten Broeke, Cindy J.M.; Dicke, Marcel; Van Loon, Joop J.A. (2013). "Performance and feeding behaviour of two biotypes of the black currant-lettuce aphid,Nasonovia ribisnigri, on resistant and susceptible Lactuca sativanear-isogenic lines". Bulletin of Entomological Research. 103 (5): 511–521. doi:10.1017/S0007485312000880. PMID 23480294. S2CID 206224311.


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