Aphis gossypii Glover, 1877
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Glover, T. (1877) Report of the entomologist and curator of the museum. Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture of the Operations of the Department, year 1876, 17–46.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Aphididae
- genus
- Aphis
- species
- Aphis gossypii
eunis habitat
Arable land and market gardens (I1 level 2)
native range
Cosmopolitan, Cryptogenic
eunis habitat
Cultivated areas of gardens and parks (I2 level 2)
eunis habitat
Grassland and tall forb habitats (E level 1)
eunis habitat
Greenhouse (added 21oct2005) (J100 level 2)
eunis habitat
Heathland, scrub and tundra habitats (F level 1)
native range
Pantropical, Circumtropical
ecofunctional group
Phytophagous
eunis habitat
Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats (I level 1)
native range
Subtropics
diagnosis
Diagnosis Aptera 0.8 – 1.7 mm. Pale green to blackish green; siphunculi black. Small, pale yellow specimens occur in in crowded colonies or hot conditions. In cold temperate regions mostly in glasshouses. Dioecious with several unrelated plants as primary hosts, in Europe, however, mostly anholocyclic. Very similar to A. beccabungae Koch, 1855 (Fig. 24) and other species of the A. frangulae group. See Blackman & Eastop (2014) and Heie (1986) for differences and a more complete account. Dioecious but usually anholocyclic, polyphagous.
materials_examined
Material. BBg: 18. ix. 2017, Adansonia digitata L., on lower side of leaves, apt. BUc: 06. ii. 2017, Punica granatum L., on apices of shoots on upper side of rolled leaves, apt. Bvg: 20. ix. 2017, Sida acuta Burm. f., in rolled leaves on apices of shoots, apt, Capsicum sp., on lower side of crumpled apical leaves, apt, and Gossypium sp., on lower side of young leaves and on stem on apices of shoots, apt. KBa: 22. ix. 2017, Citrus limon (L.) Osbeck, on lower side of young leaves on apices of shoots, apt. KKa: 26. ix. 2017, Sida sp., on lower side of apical leaves and apex of stem, apt and al. KKe: 04. ii. 2017, Bauhinia reticulata DC., on lower side of leaves, apt.; 08. ii. 2017, Sida sp., on petioles of leaves and flower soots, apt and al.; 13. ii. 2017, Urena lobata L., on flower buds, apt.; 28. ix. 2017, Sida sp., on apex of stem, apt and al. KSi: 24. ix. 2017, Tephrosia sp., on stem on the apex of shoot, apt., and Sclerocarya birrea, on stems and petioles of leaves on the apices of shoots going to the laminae, apt. and al.; 29. ix. 2017, Commelina forskaolii Vahl, on lower side of leaves, apt. KSK: 23 – 25. ii. 2017, Spermacoce verticillata L., on stem and lower side of leaves near flowers, apt.; 23. ix. 2017, Commelina forskaolii, on lower side of leaves, apt. and al. KWo: 16. ii. 2017, Combretum collinum Fresen., on lower side of leaves, apt.; 13. ix. 2017, Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench, in lower side of leaves and explosive apical leaves, apt.; 15. ix. 2017, Gardenia sokotensis Hutch., on lower side of young leaves and on stems at the top of shoots, apt. and al.; 25. ix. 2017, Commelina forskaolii, on lower side of leaves, al. MDo: iii. 1950, Calotropis procera (Aiton) Dryand., apt.; viii. 1950, unknown plant, apt. SBl: 11. x. 2017, Gossypium barbadense L., on lower side of leaves, apt.
description
The widely distributed cotton aphis was found to a slight extent on taro. Some bad infestations of it were seen on eggplant. Fullaway reported it on cotton and cowpeas in 1911, and what was probably the same species on watermelon, cucumber, eggplant, and radish. He also reported an undetermined aphid on beets.
materials_examined
From parasitized gossypii on taro at Inarajan, May 14, 6 Aphelinus issued. They appear to be near Aphelinus nwidis, but do not have the darkened mid and hind tibiae of that species.
habitat
Terrestrial.
Name
- Homonyms
- Aphis gossypii Glover, 1877
- Common names
- Agurkebladlus in Danish
- Gurkenblattlaus in German
- Melon aphid in English
- Melon aphid in English
- cotton aphid in English
- cotton aphid in English
- cotton aphid in English
- cotton aphid in English
- cotton aphid in language.
- cotton aphid in language.
- melon aphid in language.
- melon aphid in English
- melon aphid in English
- melon aphid in English
- melon aphid in English
- melon aphid in English
- puceron du melon in French
- puceron du melon in French
- puceron du melon in French
- puceron du melon in French
- Katoenluis in Dutch
- cotton aphid in English
- gurkbladlus in Swedish
- melon aphid in English
Bibliographic References
- Carletto, Blin & Vanlerberghe-Masutti (2017-10-12 22:00:00) DNA-based discrimination between the sibling species Aphis gossypii Glover and Aphis frangulae Kaltenbach
- Chown, S. L.; Convey, P. (2016). Antarctic Entomology. <em>Annual Review of Entomology.</em> 61(1): 119-137.
- Glover. 1877. Report of the entomologist and curator of the museum. Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture of the Operations of the Department year 1876:36
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1137 Aphis gossypii Glover, 1877 (Insecta, Hemiptera, Homoptera) validated under the Plenary Powers.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 36(2), 109-110 (1979)
- Jörgensen, Olafsson, Pettersson, Taksdal & Varis (2013-03-10 23:00:00) Nordiske navne på skadedyr og nogle nyttedyr
- Messing and Klungness (2001), https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/8103/13Messing.pdf?sequence=1
- Raychaudhuri, D.N., L.K. Ghosh & S.K. Das. 1980. Studies on the aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae) from north and north-west India, 1. Insecta Matsumurana New Series 20:7
- Smith, C.F. & Parron. 1978. An annotated list of Aphididae (Homoptera) of North America. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin 255:25
- Zimmerman, Elwood C., 1948: Homoptera: Sternorhyncha. Insects of Hawaii, vol. 5. vii + 464.
- de Jong (2017-01-23 23:00:00) Fauna Europaea - all European animal species on the web: version 2.6