Aspidophorodon (Eoessigia) indica ( David, Rajasingh & Narayanan, 1972 )

Chen, Jing, Zhang, Bin, Zhu, Xichao, Jiang, Liyun & Qiao, Gexia, 2015, Review of the aphid genus Aspidophorodon Verma, 1967 with descriptions of three new species from China (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Aphidinae), Zootaxa 4028 (4), pp. 551-576 : 569-570

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scientific name	Aspidophorodon (Eoessigia) indica ( David, Rajasingh & Narayanan, 1972 )
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Aspidophorodon (Eoessigia) indica ( David, Rajasingh & Narayanan, 1972)

Eoessigia indica David, Rajasingh & Narayanan, 1972: 35 View in CoL ; Eastop & Hille Ris Lambers, 1976: 188; Chakrabarti & Medda, 1989: 133.

Raychaudhuriella myzaphoides Chakrabarti, 1978: 357.

Raychaudhuriella potentillae Chakrabarti & Maity, 1984: 202 .

Aspidophorodon (Eoessigia) indica (David, Rajasingh & Narayanan) : Remaudière & Remaudière, 1997: 74; Blackman &Eastop, 2006: 1098; Stekolshchikov & Novgorodova, 2010: 44.

Specimens examined. Two apterous viviparous females, INDIA: Himachal Pradesh (Manali), 12.v.1969, on Cotoneaster View in CoL sp., coll. K. Narayanan (BMNH).

Distribution. India.

Host plants. Primary host plants: Cotoneaster obtusus and Cotoneaster sp.; secondary host plant: Potentilla sp.

Biology. This species is holocyclic and heteroecious, alternating between Cotoneaster and Potentilla ( Chakrabarti & Medda, 1989) . It feeds on upper sides of terminal leaves of Cotoneaster near the midrib ( David et al. 1972), and infests the under surfaces of leaves of Potentilla without ant-attendance ( Chakrabarti & Maity, 1984).