Aphid

Description: English: A colony of banana aphids (Pentalonia nigronervosa) herded and protected by ants. Pathogen: Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) | Symptoms: Reduce internode distance, chlorotic leaf margins, erect leaf architecture, plant stunting, green J-hooks, mottled petioles and leaf sheaths, Mores code in leaf vines Banana bunchy top website: www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/banana Youtube video: "Banana Bunchy Top in Hawaii" youtu.be/N_2fYKP5Usk More photographs of banana bunchy top disease and vector: www.flickr.com/photos/scotnelson/sets/72157632473185208/. Date: 6 May 2011. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/62295966@N07/5694095456/. Author: Plant pests and diseases.

Description: English: Here they infest a plant infected with the Banana bunchy top virus, of which these insects are the sole vector. Date: 16 January 2018, 10:21:00. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/62295966@N07/39021605264/. Author: Plant pests and diseases.

Description: English: This is the sole insect vector of Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) Read: www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/banana. Date: 30 November 2017. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/62295966@N07/38715774232/. Author: Plant pests and diseases.

Description: English: Here growing saprophytically on a dead banana leaf. Date: 3 December 2017. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/62295966@N07/27033311709/. Author: Plant pests and diseases.

Description: English: This is the sole insect vector of Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV). Date: 27 November 2017, 09:59:02. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/62295966@N07/37967345174/. Author: Plant pests and diseases.

Description: English: Colony of banana aphids (Pentalonia nigronervosa), vector of banana bunchy top virus (BBTV). Date: 20 April 2004, 11:17:32. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/62295966@N07/5680755081/. Author: Plant pests and diseases.

Description: English: Strip away a banana leaf sheath to see the aphids (here they appear as small, black dots) feeding underneath where they are protected against natural enemies. These aphids can vector the Banana bunchy top virus. | Banana aphid: Pentalonia nigronervosa. Date: 4 June 2004, 15:37:51. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/62295966@N07/14851609761/. Author: Plant pests and diseases.

Description: English: The sole insect vector of Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) This plant is naturally infected with the Banana bunchy top virus. Read: www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/banana. Date: 30 January 2018, 09:36:56. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/62295966@N07/39092769405/. Author: Plant pests and diseases.

Description: English: This is the insect vector of Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) Read: www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/banana Photograph by Kailee Tam. Date: 7 October 2014, 15:04:32. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/62295966@N07/16009959411/. Author: Plant pests and diseases.

Description: English: This is the sole insect vector of Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) Read: www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/banana. Date: 25 November 2017. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/62295966@N07/38580255156/. Author: Plant pests and diseases.

Description: English: Probably Purpureocillium sp. (syn. Paecilomyces). Date: 12 February 2018. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/62295966@N07/40194886842/. Author: Plant pests and diseases.

Description: English: Here they infest a plant infected with the Banana bunchy top virus, of which these insects are the sole vector. Date: 16 January 2018, 10:20:55. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/62295966@N07/39021605564/. Author: Plant pests and diseases.

Description: English: Probably Purpureocillium sp. (syn. Paecilomyces). Date: 13 February 2018, 07:08:18. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/62295966@N07/25375785347/. Author: Plant pests and diseases.

Description: English: Pentalonia nigronervosa, vector of Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV). Date: 25 September 2015, 06:14:10. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/62295966@N07/21723079161/. Author: Plant pests and diseases.

Description: English: The black-colored insects are feeding here within the whorl of a plant infected with Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV; the outer furl was peeled away to reveal the aphids). These insects vector the virus. Date: 19 April 2014, 08:52:57. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/62295966@N07/13941039034/. Author: Plant pests and diseases.

Description: English: Pentalonia nigronervosa. Date: 24 January 2018, 10:40:59. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/62295966@N07/39848045872/. Author: Plant pests and diseases.

Description: English: This is the sole insect vector of Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV). Read: www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/banana. Date: 22 November 2017. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/62295966@N07/38524480676/. Author: Plant pests and diseases.

Description: English: P. nigronervosa is the sole insect vector of Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) Read: www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/banana. Date: 16 August 2018, 08:01:00. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/62295966@N07/29139302987/. Author: Plant pests and diseases.

Description: English: Pentalonia nigronervosa, vector of Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV). Date: 25 September 2015, 06:11:41. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/62295966@N07/21723028221/. Author: Plant pests and diseases.

Description: English: The sole insect vector of Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) This plant is naturally infected with the Banana bunchy top virus. Read: www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/banana. Date: 30 January 2018, 09:35:52. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/62295966@N07/28211603639/. Author: Plant pests and diseases.

Description: English: Probably Purpureocillium sp. (syn. Paecilomyces). Date: 12 February 2018. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/62295966@N07/40194887012/. Author: Plant pests and diseases.

Description: English: This is the sole insect vector of banana bunchy top virus (BBTV). Date: 27 November 2017. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/62295966@N07/26904335109/. Author: Plant pests and diseases.

Description: English: Banana aphids (Pentalonia nigronervosa), vectors of Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) Read: www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/banana. Date: 18 March 2016, 04:19:41. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/62295966@N07/25889157035/. Author: Plant pests and diseases.

Description: English: Probably Purpureocillium sp. (syn. Paecilomyces). Date: 12 February 2018. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/62295966@N07/40194887262/. Author: Plant pests and diseases.