Myzus asterophaga Zhang, Chen, Zhong & Li, 1999

Victor, Eastop, F. & Blackman, Roger L., 2005, Some new synonyms in Aphididae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha), Zootaxa 1089, pp. 1-36 : 16

Myzus asterophaga Zhang, Chen, Zhong & Li , in Zhang 1999 = Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker 1849)

A slide from the IOZ­CAS collection labelled as type material of Myzus asterophaga has an aptera of Myzus persicae and an alata of Metopolophium dirhodum . The first description in the published account ( Zhang, 1999) is of an alata and clearly applies to M. dirhodum , followed by a shorter description which is applicable to Myzus persicae .