Aphids infested Lycium chinense Miller are Aphis gossypii Glover,Myzus persicae (Sulzer) and A. craccivora Koch
Author of the article:ZHANG Run-Zhi1** ZHANG Rong2
Author's Workplace:1. Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; 2. Institute of Plant Protection, Ningxia Academy of Agro-Forestry Sciences, Yinchuan 750002, China
Key Words:Lycium chinense Miller, aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover, Myzus persicae (Sulzer), Aphis craccivora Koch, identification
Abstract:
Ningxia is one of the most important Chinese wolfberry production base in China. Over the years, the wolfberry aphid has been used as an unnamed species, Aphis sp. In 2015, we collected aphid samples from 25 places in Ningxia. They were identified by Prof. Qiao Gexia from the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and confirmed as 3 common aphid species: Aphis gossypii Glover, Myzus persicae (Sulzer) and Aphis craccivora Koch. A key to them as well as their brief morphological characteristics, host plants and distribution are given.