Pentalonia nigronervosa, the banana aphid, is an aphid in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. It is a true bug and sucks sap mainly from Musa species.
Host plants Also known to infest Alpinia purpurata, Xanthosoma sp., cardamom, Heliconia sp., tomatoes, taro, Calla, Costus, and Zingiber sp.
References
External links http://aphid.aphidnet.org/Pentalonia_nigronervosa.php http://nature.berkeley.edu/~rodrigoalmeida/Lab%20page/papers/Robson07.pdf http://canacoll.org/Hemip/Staff/Foottit/PDFs/Pentalonia2010.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20150225172433/http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/mepests/PentaloniaNigronervosa.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150225172433/http://www.ppo.ir/Uploads/English/Articles/insect/Banana-aphid-Pentalonia-nigronervosa.pdf