Mesocallis (Mesocallis) alnicola Ghosh, 1974

Mesocallis alnicola Ghosh 1974: 425.

Mesocallis alnicola Ghosh: Raychaudhuri et al. 1980: 292; Ghosh and Quednau 1990: 116; Quednau 2003: 20; Qiao et al. 2005: 195.

Specimens examined.

Two alate viviparous femlaes, China: Gansu (Yuzhong County: Xinglong Mountain, alt. 2300 m), 1 Aug. 1986, no. 8579, on Corylus heterophylla, coll. G.X. Zhang, J.H. Li, and T.S. Zhong (NZMC).

Distribution.

China (Gansu), India.

Host plants.

Corylus heterophylla in China (first record from this host), Alnus nepalensis in India.

Biology.

Yellow in life. Infesting the underside of leaves of host plants.