Nasonovia ribisnigri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Arthropoda
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Class: | Insecta
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Order: | Hemiptera
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Family: | Aphididae
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Genus: | Nasonovia
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Species: | N. ribisnigri
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Binomial name | |
Nasonovia ribisnigri (Mosley, 1841)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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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]
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]