Pentalonia nigronervosa
Species of true bug
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Pentalonia nigronervosa, the banana aphid, is an aphid in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. It is a true bug and sucks sap mainly from Musa species.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Aphididae |
| Genus: | Pentalonia |
| Species: | P. nigronervosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Pentalonia nigronervosa (Coquerel, 1859) | |
Host plants
Also known to infest Alpinia purpurata, Xanthosoma sp., cardamom, Heliconia sp., tomatoes, taro, Calla, Costus, and Zingiber sp.[1]
