
Greenbug colonyGreenbug
Schizaphis graminum (Rondani)
These are
lime-green aphids about 2 mm long with a darker
green stripe down the middle of the back.
Cornicles are short. Legs and cornicles have
black tips. Their saliva is toxic and kills the
plant at the feeding site, causing purplish-brown
discoloration of the foliage. It can serve as a
vector of barley yellow dwarf virus. Host plants:
cereals, bluegrass, sorghum, buckwheat.

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