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Species Mindarus abietinus - Balsam Twig 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 Mindarinae
Genus Mindarus
Species abietinus (Balsam Twig Aphid)
Food
Balsam fir
Remarks
Introduced from Europe, 1879.