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Stegophylla Aphid - Stegophylla
Copyright © 2017 glmory

Stegophylla Aphid - Stegophylla
Pomona, Los Angeles County, California, USA
October 23, 2017
Size: 1.3mm body length
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8652095

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Contributed by glmory on 3 November, 2017 - 12:00am
Last updated 16 March, 2018 - 10:36am

Moved
Moved from Phyllaphidinae.

I am trying really hard to get my hands on Quednau's Atlas of the Drepanosphine Aphids of the World (which includes this subfamily) but it seems like it is impossible! If I do manage it I'll see how well-studied this genus is, maybe it will have more information to solidify your species ID.
… Natalie Hernandez, 16 March, 2018 - 10:36am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Aphids.
… glmory, 4 March, 2018 - 11:54am login or register to post comments

Stegophylla essigi
I keyed this out in the iNaturalist observation and came to Stegophylla essigi.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8652095
http://www.aphidsonworldsplants.info/C_HOSTS_Qua_Rey.htm#Quercus

The paper describing the species starts on pdf page 47:
http://hilgardia.ucanr.edu/fileaccess.cfm?article=152663&p=KTZZVF

It wasn't a completely perfect match, just a much better match than every other species in the genus. Either it is an undescribed species or it is Stegophylla essigi. All the specimens for the description were taken a few hundred miles north of here so minor variation in the species seems likely. Not sure I could rule out an undescribed species, but these seem so close that is probably a stretch.
… glmory, 30 November, 2017 - 11:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 30 November, 2017 - 9:54pm login or register to post comments

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