Biological Characters of Metamacropodaphis sp.and Its Control

Metamacropodaphis sp.was a new species belonging to Callaphididae of Homoptera.It was found for the first time in Lin' an of Zhejiang Province. Metamacropodaphis damaged the bamboo species for shoot production such as Phyllostachys praecox and P.prominens and caused severe effect on shoot bamboo production.This insect had over 20 generation each year and overwintered by egg adhering to the back of bamboo leaves or leaf sheath.The young aphid was hatched in early March of next year.Several pesticides,such as Yashijing,cyhalothrin,Shamiejuzhi and Dima were tested to control this insect and the effectiveness was as high as 96%～97%.