Pentalonia nigronervosa

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Pentalonia nigronervosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Aphididae
Genus: Pentalonia
Species:
P. nigronervosa
Binomial name
Pentalonia nigronervosa
(Coquerel, 1859)

Pentalonia nigronervosa, the banana aphid, is an aphid in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. It is a true bug and sucks sap mainly from Musa species.

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Host plants

Also known to infest Alpinia purpurata , Xanthosoma sp., cardamom, Heliconia sp., tomatoes, taro, Calla , Costus , and Zingiber sp. [1]

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References

  1. Wright, Mark. "Pentalonia nigronervosa". Knowledge Master. University of Hawaiʻi . Retrieved 2020-12-10.