Banana aphid | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Family: | Aphididae |
Genus: | Pentalonia |
Species: | P. nigronervosa |
Binomial name | |
Pentalonia nigronervosa (Coquerel, 1859) |
The Banana aphid (Pentalonia nigronervosa) is an aphid in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. It is a true bug and sucks sap mainly from Musa species.
Known to hosts in Alpinia purpurata, Xanthosoma sp., cardamom, Heliconia sp., tomatoes, taro, Calla, Costus, and Zingiber sp.