Plant Protect. Sci., 2021, 57(1):70-74 | DOI: 10.17221/108/2020-PPS

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

Csaba Borbély*,1, Zsuzsanna György2, Stine Kramer Jacobsen3, Fadil Musa4, Jana Ouředníčková5, Lene Sigsgaard3, Michal Skalský5, Viktor Markó1
1 Institute of Plant Protection, Szent István University, Gödöllő, Hungary
2 Institute of Horticultural Plant Biology, Szent István University, Gödöllő, Hungary
3 Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
4 Department of Plant Protection, University of Prishtina, Pristina, Republic of Kosovo
5 Research and Breeding Institute of Pomology Holovousy Ltd., Holovousy, Czech Republic

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

Published: December 3, 2020  Show citation

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Borbély C, György Z, Jacobsen SK, Musa F, Ouředníčková J, Sigsgaard L, et al.. First records of the invasive aphid species, Aphis spiraecola, in Kosovo, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom and Denmark. Plant Protect. Sci.. 2021;57(1):70-74. doi: 10.17221/108/2020-PPS.
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