''Pentalonia nigronervosa'' (banana aphid) is an

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in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. It is a true bug and sucks sap mainly from ''

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'' species.

Host plants

Also known to infest '' Alpinia purpurata'', ''

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Heliconia ''Heliconia'', derived from the Greek word (), is a genus of flowering plants in the monotypic family Heliconiaceae. Most of the ca 194 known species are native to the tropical Americas, but a few are indigenous to certain islands of the we ...

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'', '' Costus'', and ''

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References

External links

* http://aphid.aphidnet.org/Pentalonia_nigronervosa.php * http://nature.berkeley.edu/~rodrigoalmeida/Lab%20page/papers/Robson07.pdf * http://canacoll.org/Hemip/Staff/Foottit/PDFs/Pentalonia2010.pdf * https://web.archive.org/web/20150225172433/http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/mepests/PentaloniaNigronervosa.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20150225172433/http://www.ppo.ir/Uploads/English/Articles/insect/Banana-aphid-Pentalonia-nigronervosa.pdf Macrosiphini Agricultural pest insects Insects described in 1859 Hemiptera of Asia {{Aphididae-stub