First records of the invasive aphid species, Aphis spiraecola, in Kosovo, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom and Denmark

Csaba Borbély, Zsuzsanna György, Stine Kramer Jacobsen, Fadil Musa, Jana Ouředníčková, Lene Sigsgaard, Michal Skalský and Viktor Markó
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Csaba Borbély: Institute of Plant Protection, Szent István University, Gödöllő, Hungary
Zsuzsanna György: Institute of Horticultural Plant Biology, Szent István University, Gödöllő, Hungary
Stine Kramer Jacobsen: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
Fadil Musa: Department of Plant Protection, University of Prishtina, Pristina, Republic of Kosovo
Jana Ouředníčková: Research and Breeding Institute of Pomology Holovousy Ltd., Holovousy, Czech Republic
Lene Sigsgaard: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
Michal Skalský: Research and Breeding Institute of Pomology Holovousy Ltd., Holovousy, Czech Republic
Viktor Markó: Institute of Plant Protection, Szent István University, Gödöllő, Hungary

Plant Protection Science, 2021, vol. 57, issue 1, 70-74

Abstract: In the last few decades, the spiraea aphid (Aphis spiraecola Patch) has become a widely distributed pest of apple and citrus orchards across Europe. In our study, A. spiraecola was observed for the first time in Kosovo, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom and Denmark, in apple orchards in the growing seasons of 2016, 2018 and 2019. The presence of A. spiraecola was also recorded on other host plants such as the quince (Cydonia oblonga Miller) and Vanhoutte spiraea (Spiraea × vanhouttei) in Slovakia, and the quince, common pear (Pyrus communis Linnaeus) and firethorn (Pyracantha coccinea M.J. Roemer) in the United Kingdom. Based on the morphological characteristics and the sequencing of the DNA mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene (COI fragment) barcode, our study confirms the presence of this pest in five additional regions in Europe.

Keywords: apple; pest; identification; distribution; Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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