| Banana aphid | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Family: | Aphididae |
| Genus: | Pentalonia |
| Species: | P. nigronervosa |
| Binomial name | |
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Pentalonia nigronervosa (Coquerel, 1859) |
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The Banana aphid (Pentalonia nigronervosa) is an aphid in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. It is a true bug and sucks sap mainly from Musa species.
Known to hosts in Alpinia purpurata, Xanthosoma sp., cardamom, Heliconia sp., tomatoes, taro, Calla, Costus, and Zingiber sp.