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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 » Panaphidini » Panaphidina » Sarucallis » Crapemyrtle Aphid (Sarucallis kahawaluokalani)

Species Sarucallis kahawaluokalani - Crapemyrtle Aphid

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Crapemyrtle Aphid - Sarucallis kahawaluokalani Fancy Aphid - Sarucallis kahawaluokalani Fancy Aphid - Sarucallis kahawaluokalani Crapemyrtle Aphid - Sarucallis kahawaluokalani Sarucallis kahawaluokalani
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 Panaphidini
Subtribe Panaphidina
Genus Sarucallis
Species kahawaluokalani (Crapemyrtle Aphid)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Tinocallis kahawaluokalani
Size
1.5 mm
Identification
Adults are light green to yellow with black thoracic markings and black markings on dorsal of abdomen. The second abdominal segment has a double-pronged hump in the black marking. Wings are clear with black markings and held roof-like over body.
Range
native to se. Asia, adventive in NA (se. US)(1)[Cite:185010]
Food
host: crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia spp.)[Cite:185010]
Remarks
earliest NA record: LA 1925(1)
Internet References
Fact sheets: Herbert & Mizell[Cite:185010], Drees & Jackman(2), J. Poorani, Oklahoma State U.
Works Cited
1.Adventive aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) of America north of Mexico
Foottit R.G., Halbert S.E., Miller G.L., Maw E., Russell L.M. 2006. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 108: 583-610.
2.A Field Guide to Common Texas Insects
Bastiaan M. Drees, John A. Jackman. 1998. Gulf Publishing.
Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 9 May, 2007 - 3:13pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 13 March, 2012 - 9:45pm

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