Neotoxoptera oliveri

Overview

A nearly cosmopolitan aphid species that feeds mainly on lillies and violets.

Common names

None recognized.

Distribution

This aphid is globally distributed, located in all but the coldest terrestrial habitats.

Host associations

It has been recorded from species of four plant families.

Economic importance

It is particularly important on monocots, such as lillies, and violets but also attacks Dianthus and Stellaria (Caryophyllaceae) and Portulaca (Portulacaceae). It has not been implicated in the transmission of any plant virus.

Additional resources

See also. Taxonomy at Aphid Species File; Aphids on the World's Plants.

References

Blackman, R.L. and V.F. Eastop. 2000. Aphids on the World’s Crops, Second Edition. John Wiley & Sons with the Natural History Museum, London. x + 466 pages, 58 figures, 51 plates.

Blackman, R.L. and V.F. Eastop. 2006. Aphids on the World’s Herbaceous Plants and Shrubs. Volume 2 The Aphids. John Wiley & Sons with the Natural History Museum, London. viii + pages 1025–1439.

Holman, J. 2009. Host Plant Catalog of Aphids, Palaearctic Region. Springer Science and Business Media B.V. 1216 pp.

Voegtlin, D., W. Villalobos, M.V. Sanchez, G.Saborio, and C. Rivera. A Guide to the Winged Aphids of Costa Rica. 2003. International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation 51(Suppl. 2):xi + 228 pp.

Scientific name

Neotoxoptera oliveri (Essig, 1935)