Indian Journal of Entomology

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  • Year: 2025
  • Volume: 87
  • Issue: 4

Report of Green Apple Aphid Aphis pomi de Geer from Kargil

  • Author:
  • Mohd Ali1,*
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Published Online: Feb 18, 2026
  • Page Number: 910 to 913

1Department of Zoology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar190006, Jammu & Kasmir, India

*Email: aliarmaan256@gmail.com (corresponding author)

Online Published on 18 February, 2026.

Abstract

In this study, the green apple aphid Aphis pomi de Geer (1773) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), is reported infesting apples for the first time from Kargil, Ladakh from May 2020 to October 2021. The potential pest was trapped along with woolly apple aphid, Eriosoma lanigerum (Hausmann) rosy apple aphid Dysaphis plantaginea (Passerini) using yellow yellow sticky trap and green water trap. It has been found that all the three aphid species cause significant damage to apple orchards in this particular region.

Keywords

Eriosoma lanigerum, Dysaphis plantaginea, Yellow sticky traps, Green water traps, Potential pest, Apple orchard