224. Sitobion avenae (Fabricius, 1775)

Host plants

Brassica napus ( Brassicaceae), Avena sativa, Hordeum vulgare, Oryza sativa, Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R.Br., P. typhoideum, Sorghum bicolor, S. halepense, S. sudanense, Triticum aestivum, T. durum Desf., Zea mays ( Poaceae), and unidentified plants of Cucurbitaceae, Polygonaceae, Rosaceae, and Solanaceae .

Distribution in Pakistan

AK: Poonch (Rawalakot); BA: Quetta; PB: Bhakkar, Chakwal (Choa Syedan Shah), DG Khan, Gujranwala (Gujranwala city, Kamonke, Nandipur, Wazirabad), Islamabad Capital, Jhelum (Dina, Khewra, Mangla, Sohawa), Khanewal, Khushab, Multan, Mianwali, Narowal, Rawalpindi (Kahuta, Jheeka Gali), Sargodha; KPK: Charsadda (Tarnab), Chitral, Malakand, Mansehra (Naran Valley), Peshawar, Upper Dir; SD: Hyderabad [common all over Pakistan]; widespread species (Hamid 1983; Naumann-Etienne & Remaudière 1995; Blackman & Eastop 2006; Saleem et al. 2009; Zia et al. 2010; Faheem et al. 2019; Maryam et al. 2019; Naseem et al. 2019; Zeb et al. 2020; Riaz et al. 2022).

Remarks

The Oriental specimens are identified as Sitobion miscanthi (Takahashi, 1921) .