Review of the aphid genus Aspidophorodon Verma, 1967 with descriptions of three new species from China (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Aphidinae) Author Chen, Jing Author Zhang, Bin Author Zhu, Xichao Author Jiang, Liyun Author Qiao, Gexia text Zootaxa 2015 4028 4 551 576 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.4.6 dce73bf5-5a82-47b5-9c88-82a096b4f172 1175-5326 241495 E60BC9B3-0E6D-4DC2-A405-1358F8B75EC7 Aspidophorodon (Eoessigia) indica ( David, Rajasingh & Narayanan, 1972 ) Eoessigia indica David, Rajasingh & Narayanan, 1972 : 35 ; Eastop & Hille Ris Lambers, 1976 : 188 ; Chakrabarti & Medda, 1989 : 133 . Raychaudhuriella myzaphoides Chakrabarti, 1978 : 357. Raychaudhuriella potentillae Chakrabarti & Maity, 1984 : 202 . Aspidophorodon (Eoessigia) indica (David, Rajasingh & Narayanan) : Remaudière & Remaudière, 1997 : 74 ; Blackman &Eastop, 2006 : 1098 ; Stekolshchikov & Novgorodova, 2010 : 44 . Specimens examined. Two apterous viviparous females, INDIA : Himachal Pradesh (Manali), 12.v.1969 , on Cotoneaster sp., coll. K. Narayanan (BMNH). Distribution. India . Host plants. Primary host plants: Cotoneaster obtusus and Cotoneaster sp.; secondary host plant: Potentilla sp. Biology. This species is holocyclic and heteroecious, alternating between Cotoneaster and Potentilla ( Chakrabarti & Medda, 1989 ) . It feeds on upper sides of terminal leaves of Cotoneaster near the midrib ( David et al . 1972 ), and infests the under surfaces of leaves of Potentilla without ant-attendance ( Chakrabarti & Maity, 1984 ).