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Species Pemphigus populitransversus - Poplar Petiolegall Aphid

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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 Eriosomatinae (Woolly Aphids and Gall-making Aphids)
Tribe Pemphigini
Genus Pemphigus
Species populitransversus (Poplar Petiolegall Aphid)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pemphigus populitransversus
Explanation of Names
Author: Riley, 1879
Identification
Forms oval galls with transverse openings near the middle of poplar (Populus) petioles. (1)
Works Cited
1.Plant Galls and Gall Makers
Ephraim Porter Felt. 1940. Comstock Publishing Company, Inc., Ithaca NY.