[3] Infests cowpea in India, the Philippines, Thailand, the southern United States, tropical Africa, and Latin America.

[4] Aphis craccivora is polyphagous, meaning it feeds on a large number of different species of plant, but it seems to have a preference for members of the bean family.

[5] Other plant families sometimes acting as hosts include Asteraceae, Brassicaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Malvaceae, Ranunculaceae, Rosaceae and Solanaceae.

[6] Crops attacked by this aphid include brassicas, cucurbits, beetroot, peanut, cotton, cowpeas,[4] chickpeas and cardamom.

By the end of April, winged females have migrated to other host plants, often Acacia, and later to cotton, on which crop this pest does much damage.

The aphids tend to concentrate on the growing tips of plants, young leaves, shoots, flowers and developing seed pods.