rosy apple aphid

insect
Also known as: Dysaphis plantaginea

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damage to apples

  • cicada
    In homopteran: Importance

    …caused to apples by the rosy apple aphid. Females of the third seasonal generation remain on the apple leaves until after small apples have formed. Many aphids crawl onto these tiny apples and puncture them causing dimpling of the fruit and normal incision of tiny apples. The cluster of apples,…

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  • oleander aphids
    In aphid: Types of aphids

    The rosy apple aphid (Dysaphis plantaginea) deforms fruit, producing “aphis apples.” Its feeding activity causes leaves to curl about it, providing some protection from insecticide sprays. The life cycle involves plantain plants as alternate hosts from which the aphid returns to the apple tree to deposit…

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