12. Aphis fabae Scopoli, 1763

Host plants

Amaranthus viridis ( Amaranthaceae), Coriandrum sativum, Daucus carota L. ( Apiaceae), Conyza canadensis, Galinsoga parviflora Cav., Parthenium hysterophorus, Sonchus asper, Tagetes minuta L., Taraxacum officinale F.H.Wigg. ( Asteraceae), Lonicera quinquelocularis Hard. ( Caprifoliaceae), Chenopodium sp., Chenopodium album ( Chenopodiaceae), Cucurbita sp. ( Cucurbitaceae), Cyperus rotundus Hook.f. ( Cyperaceae), Euphorbia sp. ( Euphorbiaceae), Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit ( Fabaceae), Alcea rosea, Malva sylvestris L. ( Malvaceae), Plantago major L. ( Plantaginaceae), Rumex acetosa L., R. acutus L., R. dentatus L. ( Polygonaceae), Cestrum nocturnum L., Solanum nigrum, Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal ( Solanaceae), Peganum harmala L. ( Zygophyllaceae).

Distribution in Pakistan

AK: Bagh (Singola), Poonch (Abbaspur, Alisojal, Banjosa, Datoot, Hajira, Haveli, Hussainkot, Khaigala, Paniola, Rawalakot, Thorar, Tolipir), Sudhanoti (Mang, Palandari, Thrar Khal); BA: Quetta; KPK: Swat; PB: Attock, Bahawalpur, Chakwal, Faisalabad, Gujranwala (Kamonke, Nandipur, Qila Didar Singh, Wazirabad), Islamabad Capital, Khushab, Lahore, Mianwali, Rawalpindi (Murree), Sialkot [widely distributed throughout the country]; cosmopolitan species (Nasir & Yousuf 1992; Naumann-Etienne & Remaudière 1995; Irshad 2001; Khan et al. 2012; Bodlah et al. 2011, 2012; Amin et al. 2017b, 2019a; Maryam et al. 2019; Naseem et al. 2019).