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Species Aphis urticata - Dark Green Nettle 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 Aphidini

Subtribe Aphidina

Genus Aphis

No Taxon (Subgenus Aphis)

Species urticata (Dark Green Nettle Aphid)

Explanation of Names

Aphis urticata Gmelin 1790

Size

apterae 1.7-2.2 mm

Range

throughout Europe and into Asia

Food

hosts: Urtica spp.

Remarks

Introduced from Europe 1913

Internet References

species page(1)

Works Cited

1.	Dransfield B., Brightwell B. (yyyy) InfluentialPoints.com (Aphid identification resources & more)

Contributed by Claude Pilon on 9 January, 2011 - 3:15pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 31 May, 2023 - 10:02pm

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