Banana aphid

Banana aphid

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Scientific Name
Pentalonia nigronervosa
Pest Alias
Pentalonia nigronervosa
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Hexapoda
Class:
Insecta
Informal:
Pterygotes
Order:
Hemiptera
Suborder:
Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily:
Aphidoidea
Family:
Aphididae
Subfamily:
Aphidinae
Tribe:
Aphidini
Genus:
Pentalonia
Species:
Pentalonia nigronervosa

Pentalonia nigronervosa, the banana aphid, is an aphid in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. It is a true bug and sucks sap mainly from Musa species.

Host plants

Also known to infest Alpinia purpurata, Xanthosoma sp., cardamom, Heliconia sp., tomatoes, taro, Calla, Costus, and Zingiber sp.[1]

References

  1. ^ Wright, Mark. "Pentalonia nigronervosa". Knowledge Master. University of Hawaiʻi. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
 
Pentalonia nigronervosa

 

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Banana aphid

Pentalonia nigronervosa
Scientific Name
Pentalonia nigronervosa
Pest Alias
Pentalonia nigronervosa
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Hexapoda
Class:
Insecta
Informal:
Pterygotes
Order:
Hemiptera
Suborder:
Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily:
Aphidoidea
Family:
Aphididae
Subfamily:
Aphidinae
Tribe:
Aphidini
Genus:
Pentalonia
Species:
Pentalonia nigronervosa
Banana aphid

Pentalonia nigronervosa, the banana aphid, is an aphid in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. It is a true bug and sucks sap mainly from Musa species.

Host plants

Also known to infest Alpinia purpurata, Xanthosoma sp., cardamom, Heliconia sp., tomatoes, taro, Calla, Costus, and Zingiber sp.[1]

References

  1. ^ Wright, Mark. "Pentalonia nigronervosa". Knowledge Master. University of Hawaiʻi. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
 
Pentalonia nigronervosa

 

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This article related to members of the insect family Aphididae is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Pentalonia nigronervosa", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. Content may have been omitted from the original, but no content has been changed or extended.