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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 » Ctenocallis » Broom Hedgehog Aphid (Ctenocallis setosa)

Species Ctenocallis setosa - Broom Hedgehog Aphid

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Food · Internet References
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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 Calaphidinae
Tribe Panaphidini
Subtribe Panaphidina
Genus Ctenocallis
Species setosa (Broom Hedgehog Aphid)
Explanation of Names
Ctenocallis setosus (Kaltenbach 1846)
Size
adult aptera 1.5-1.6 mm
Identification
numerous long finger-like protuberances on dorsum
Food
primary host: Common Broom (Cytisus scoparius); also some mints (Lamiaceae)
Internet References
species page
Contributed by Harsi S. Parker on 21 October, 2018 - 5:46pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 28 May, 2023 - 4:39pm

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