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Species Pentalonia nigronervosa Coquerel, 1859

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Species Pentalonia nigronervosa Coquerel, 1859

Banana Aphid

  • Pentalonia nigronervosa Coquerel, Ch. 1859. Note sur quelques insectes de Madagascar et de Bourbon. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 3 7: 239-260 [260].
    Type data:
     Syntype(s) alates (in original description), Réunion.

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Widespread tropical and subtropical regions, introduced to hothouses in Europe and N America.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Musa sp. [MUSACEAE] Bananas; Alpinia sp. [ZINGIBERACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Bananas, Alpinia; other members of Musaceae, Araceae, Zingiberaceae.

 

General References

Blackman, R.L. & Eastop, V.F. 2000. Aphids on the World's Crops. An Identification and Information Guide. Chichester : Wiley x, 466 pp. [320]

Eastop, V.F. 1966. A taxonomic study of Australian Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 399-592 [470]

 

Common Name References

Naumann, I.D. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Common Insect Names. Melbourne : CSIRO pp. 1-200 [147] (Banana Aphid)