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).

Published as part of Chen, Jing, Zhang, Bin, Zhu, Xichao, Jiang, Liyun & Qiao, Gexia, 2015, Review of the aphid genus Aspidophorodon Verma, 1967 with descriptions of three new species from China (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Aphidinae), pp. 551-576 in Zootaxa 4028 (4) on pages 569-570, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/241495