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[[File:Myzus persicae.jpg|250px|thumb|''Myzus persicae'' - an alate green peach aphid.<br/>Author:Scott Bauer<br/>Source: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myzus_persicae.jpg Wikimedia Commons]]]
<font color="#800000">'''''Myzus persicae'''''</font> (Sulzer, 1776) - (green peach aphid)

The aphid is a serious pest of many crops as well as a very important vector of numerous plant viruses (e.g. [[Potato virus Y|''Potato virus Y'']] or beet yellowing viruses). Its host plants include artichoke, beans, ''Brassica'' crops, beets, clover, cotton, cucumber, maize, peas, peppers, potato, ''Prunus'' fruits, strawberry, sweet potato, tobacco, tomato, vetches, as well as various ornamentals. The aphid has a world-wide distribution. The damage is caused by high density populations (resulting in wilting and stunting) and by the transmission of plant viruses.

The aphid reproduces parthenogenetically during the summer with the females giving birth to live nymphs. These reproduction cycles may last about 2 weeks. When populations reach a high density, winged form are produced. These can disperse over long distances by wind and storms. The aphid might go through 10 or more generations per year. In the autumn, eggs are laid which overwinter.
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The adults are about 2 mm long. The winged form is dark brown to black and the apterae either green, yellow or reddish. The population generation time lasts around 2-3 weeks.


'''Synonyms:'''<br/>
''Aphis dianthi''<br/>
''Aphis malvae''<br/>
''Myzodes persicae''<br/>
''Myzus tabaci''

For details see the respective page in the [[bugwood:Myzus_persicae|BugwoodWiki]].


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File:Myzus.persicae.jpg|winged adult
File:IPMimage1326229.jpg|colony with nymphs and a winged adult
File:IPMimage5422161.jpg|colony with nymphs showing color variation
File:IPMimage5356809.jpg|infestation
File:Myzus_persicae_IPM5481613.jpg|female vivipara
File:Myzus_persicae_IPM5481615.jpg|head
File:Myzus_persicae_IPM5481611.jpg|antenna
File:Myzus_persicae_IPM5481618.jpg|rostrum
File:Myzus_persicae_IPM5481616.jpg|siphunculus
File:Myzus_persicae_IPM5481612.jpg|cauda
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