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Pentalonia nigronervosa

Summary

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.

Pentalonia nigronervosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Aphididae
Genus: Pentalonia
Species:
P. nigronervosa
Binomial name
Pentalonia nigronervosa
(Coquerel, 1859)

Host plants edit

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

References edit

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

External links edit

  • http://aphid.aphidnet.org/Pentalonia_nigronervosa.php
  • http://nature.berkeley.edu/~rodrigoalmeida/Lab%20page/papers/Robson07.pdf
  • http://canacoll.org/Hemip/Staff/Foottit/PDFs/Pentalonia2010.pdf
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20150225172433/http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/mepests/PentaloniaNigronervosa.html
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20150225172433/http://www.ppo.ir/Uploads/English/Articles/insect/Banana-aphid-Pentalonia-nigronervosa.pdf