An annotated list of aphids of Peradeniya Campus, Sri Lanka

Abstract

A list is given of 17 species of aphids with their host plants (52 plant species in 29 familes) from Peradeniya campus, located in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. Nine of the aphid species had not been previously recorded from Sri Lanka. Of them, Sitobion wikstroemiae (Mamet) has been recorded only from Mauritius and East Africa and Uroleucon minutus van der Goot is considered a rare species. Two of the aphid hyperparasitoids collected. Syrphophagus hofferi (Hayat) and Coagerus boucaki Noyes and Hayat are without previous host records