Macrosiphoniella helichrysi (Hemiptera: Aphididae), potential pest of immortelle in Serbia

Abstract

New insect species for the fauna of Serbia has been found on immortelle in Zemun; it is the immortelle aphid - Macrosiphoniella helichrysi Remaudière 1952 (Hemiptera: Aphididae). The aphid is monoecious oligophagous species, living without host alternation on a few Helichrysum plants. All over the world this aphid is anholocyclic, which has been proved in Zemun, and only apterous and winged viviparous parthenogentic females have been found. M. helichrysi is reported to be a pest on immortelle in Hercegovina and its presence on immortelle fields in Serbia need special attention.

Nova vrsta insekta za faunu Srbije, vaš smilja-Macrosiphoniella helichrysi Remaudière 1952 (Hemiptera: Aphididae) nađena je u Zemunu. To je monoecična oligofagna vrsta koja tokom vegetacije ne menja biljku domaćina, a kolonije osim na smilju formira i na drugim vrstama roda Helichrysum. Razviće M. helichrysi je anholociklično, u kolonijama se nalaze beskrilne i krilate viviparne partenogenetske ženke. Ovaj insekt pričinjava štete smilju u Hercegovini i zato treba obratiti pažnju na njegovo prisustvo u zasadima smilja u Srbiji.