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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) » Aphidinae » Aphidini » Rhopalosiphina » Melanaphis » Sugarcane Aphid  (Melanaphis sacchari)
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Showing cauda - Melanaphis sacchari
Copyright © 2016 John Schneider

Showing cauda - Melanaphis sacchari
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
September 17, 2016
Size: ~1 mm BL
Looks like same species as , but found another individual so I could post some cauda images for expert review.

Edit: First BG closeups for this species.

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Contributed by John Schneider on 17 September, 2016 - 3:21pm
Last updated 22 May, 2017 - 7:58pm

Moved
Moved from Aphids. Thanks, Natalie! Wish it weren't spreading, but happy to have documented it!
… John Schneider, 17 September, 2016 - 9:01pm login or register to post comments

New Texas pest!
Dr. Voetgin IDed this as Melanaphis sacchari. Apparently it is starting to show up in your area.

http://elp.tamu.edu/order-hemiptera-true-bugs-cicadas-aphids-spittlebugs-leafhoppers-plant-hoppers-sharpshooters-whiteflies-aphids-scales-mealybugs/hemiptera-sternorrhyncha-aphididae-melanaphis-sacchari-sugarcane-aphid-e-2/
… Natalie Hernandez, 17 September, 2016 - 8:45pm login or register to post comments

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