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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha) » Aphidoidea » Aphids (Aphididae) » Aphidinae » Aphidini » Aphidina » Aphis » Subgenus Aphis (Aphis Subgenus Aphis) » Aphis asclepiadis

Species Aphis asclepiadis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Milkweed Aphid - Aphis asclepiadis Milkweed Aphid - Aphis asclepiadis Aphids on milkweed, tended by ant - Aphis asclepiadis Aphis pentstemonis - Aphis asclepiadis aphids on milkweed leaf - Aphis asclepiadis Aphis helianthi - Aphis asclepiadis Aphis asclepiadis Aphididae - Aphis asclepiadis
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 Aphidini
Subtribe Aphidina
Genus Aphis
No Taxon (Subgenus Aphis)
Species asclepiadis (Aphis asclepiadis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Aphis carduella Walsh, 1863
Aphis helianthi Monell, 1879
Aphis pentstemonis Williams, 1911
Explanation of Names
Aphis asclepiadis Fitch 1851
asclepiadis 'of Asclepias'
Food
>10 hosts (mostly Asclepias spp.)(1)
Life Cycle
colonies usually tended by ants(1); Formica podzolica ants tending A. asclepiadis protect colonies from lethal fungal infections caused by Pandora neoaphidis(2)
Print References
(3)
Internet References
EoL
Aphidnet (Page for Aphis carduella)
Works Cited
1.Population growth and sequestration of plant toxins along a gradient of specialization in four aphid spp. on common milkweed.
Züst, T. & A.A. Agrawal. 2015. Functional Ecology doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12523 pp. 1-10.
2.Ants defend aphids against lethal disease.
Nielsen, C., A.A. Agrawal, and A.E. Hajek. 2009. Biology Letters DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0743.
3.Coexistence of three specialist aphids on common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca.
Smith, R.A., K.A. Mooney, A.A. Agrawal. 2008. Ecology. 89(8): 2187-2196.
Contributed by Ken Schneider on 24 July, 2009 - 1:16pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 3 June, 2023 - 2:13pm

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