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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) » Calaphidinae » Calaphidini » Calaphidina » Euceraphis

Genus Euceraphis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Large Aphids on Paper Birch - Euceraphis - female Euceraphis papyrifericola Aphid - Euceraphis punctipennis Aphids - Euceraphis Aphids - Euceraphis woolly birch aphid - Euceraphis Aphid near European Birch - Euceraphis aphids on Black Birch (Betula lenta) - Euceraphis
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 Calaphidinae
Tribe Calaphidini
Subtribe Calaphidina
Genus Euceraphis
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Considered by some to belong to family Drepanosiphidae, subfamily Phyllaphidinae.
Explanation of Names
Author: Walker, 1870
Numbers
Nomina Nearctica lists 7 species:
Euceraphis betulae Koch 1855
Euceraphis deducta Baker 1917
Euceraphis gillettei Davidson 1915 (feeds on alders; see image)
Euceraphis lineata Baker 1917
Euceraphis mucida Fitch 1856
Euceraphis pinicolens Fitch 1851
Euceraphis punctipennis Zetterstedt 1828 (European Birch Aphid)
Food
Birch (Betula).
Print References
(1) p.152, fig. 8
Internet References
www.funet.fi
Trees For Life (image of E. punctipennis)
Ecology of Commanster
Photo of nymphs (Finland)
Le Monde des Insectes
Another French website
Works Cited
1.Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America
Stephen A. Marshall. 2006. Firefly Books Ltd.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 2 December, 2009 - 9:38pm
Last updated 3 December, 2009 - 4:40pm

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