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Nasonovia ribisnigri

Nasonovia ribisnigri
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Aphididae
Genus: Nasonovia
Species: N. ribisnigri
Binomial name
Nasonovia ribisnigri
(Mosley, 1841)
Synonyms 
  • Aphis ribisnigri Mosley, 1841
  • Aphis ribicola Kaltenbach, 1843

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 and Cichorium), Lamiales (Veronica and Euphrasia) and Solanaceae (Nicotiana and Petunia).

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).


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