Seasonal Dynamics of the Exotic Cherry Plum Aphid <i>Brachycaudus Divaricatae</i> (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha: Aphididae) on <i>Prunus Cerasifera</i> in Latvia, with Notes on Local Predators
Journal: Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences Section B Natural Exact and Applied Sciences
Year: 2024

Abstract Brachycaudus divaricatae Shaposhnikov has spread in many European countries over the last decades, where it causes intensive damage to Prunus cerasifera . Forty P. cerasifera trees were monitored in 2013 at Dārziņi, on the outskirts of Riga city (Latvia), to obtain data on seasonal dynamics of an exotic aphid species, B. divaricatae. Brachycaudus divaricatae was predominant on its only known host plant species, P. cerasifera . Other aphid species were found on monitored trees: Brachycau