Species Uroleucon ambrosiae - Brown Ambrosia Aphid

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Remarks · Internet References

Aphid, live birth - Uroleucon ambrosiae - female

Brown Ambrosia Aphid - Uroleucon ambrosiae

Brown Ambrosia Aphids - Uroleucon ambrosiae

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Sternorrhyncha (Plant-parasitic Hemipterans)

Superfamily Aphidoidea

Family Aphididae (Aphids)

Genus Uroleucon

Species ambrosiae (Brown Ambrosia Aphid)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Also listed as Uroleucon rudbeckiae, which was formerly Dactynotus rudbeckiae. Taxonomy may not yet be sorted out.

Identification

Adults are medium to large in size, broadly spindle shaped, red-brown to dark brown or dull red, and have black cornicles.

Remarks

". . . Most Uroleucon species are monophagous on particular host plants from the Asteraceae, and U. ambrosiae appears to specialize on the giant ragweed, Ambrosia trifida, in eastern North America. In the American Southwest, however, U. ambrosiae uses a variety of asteraceous taxa as hosts. " Ecological society Journal

Internet References

Denison University

Brown Ambrosia Aphid

Contributed by J.D. Roberts on 19 May, 2007 - 8:46pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 2 January, 2008 - 3:18pm

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