Genus Eriosoma - Woolly Aphids

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

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)

Genus Eriosoma (Woolly Aphids)

Explanation of Names

Greek erion(εριον)- "wool" + soma(σωμα)- "body"

Numbers

Nearctica lists 9 species.

Remarks

Borror and DeLong places them in a separate family: Eriosomatidae (1)

Internet References

Woolly Apple Aphid, Eriosoma lanigerum

Works Cited

1.	Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 28 September, 2004 - 5:44pm
Additional contributions by Bug Eric, Beatriz Moisset, Lynette, Chuck Entz
Last updated 21 December, 2007 - 1:36pm

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