Order True bugs | Genus Pentalonia Rank Species | |
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Similar Banana bunchy top virus, True bugs, Banana bract mosaic vi, Cosmopolites sordidus, Toxoptera aurantii | ||
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.
Host plants
Known to hosts in Alpinia purpurata, Xanthosoma sp., cardamom, Heliconia sp., tomatoes, taro, Calla, Costus, and Zingiber sp.
References
Pentalonia nigronervosa Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA