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Species Macrosiphum rosae - Rose Aphid

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

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

Suborder Sternorrhyncha (Plant-parasitic Hemipterans)

Superfamily Aphidoidea

Family Aphididae (Aphids)

Subfamily Aphidinae

Tribe Macrosiphini

Genus Macrosiphum

Species rosae (Rose Aphid)

Explanation of Names

Macrosiphum rosae Linnaeus, 1758

Size

4 mm

Identification

Pinkish brown color.

Range

Map - Discover Life

Food

Rose plants

Remarks

Introduced from Europe, 1841. Considered a pest of plants in the Rosaceae family.

Internet References

IPM NCSU. Fact sheet.

Rose Aphid Facts

Discover Life

Images, Peter J. Bryant, University of California, Irvine

Images at Insectimages.org

Many images on a French website.

Encyclopedia of Life

Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 14 January, 2009 - 11:54am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, ceiseman
Last updated 3 May, 2017 - 10:14pm

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