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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) » Witch Hazel Gall Aphids and Palm Aphids (Hormaphidinae) » Hormaphis » Witch Hazel Cone Gall Aphid (Hormaphis hamamelidis)

Species Hormaphis hamamelidis - Witch Hazel Cone Gall Aphid

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Hormaphidinae (Witch Hazel Gall Aphids and Palm Aphids)
Genus Hormaphis
Species hamamelidis (Witch Hazel Cone Gall Aphid)
Explanation of Names
Hormaphis hamamelidis Fitch 1851
Size
1.1‒1.7 mm
Food
Host: Hamamelis virginiana (witchhazel)
Remarks
At lower altitudes they have a secondary host: river birch (Betula nigra) but at higher ones they have fewer generations and only one host, witchhazel. They may be two separate species.
Internet References
Species page(1)
Works Cited
1.Dransfield B., Brightwell B. (yyyy) InfluentialPoints.com (Aphid identification resources & more)
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 25 August, 2008 - 11:09pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 19 November, 2023 - 9:50pm

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