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Species Colopha ulmicola - Elm Cockscomb Aphid

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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 Eriosomatinae (Woolly Aphids and Gall-making Aphids)
Tribe Eriosomatini
Genus Colopha
Species ulmicola (Elm Cockscomb Aphid)
Other Common Names
Elm Cockscomb Gall Aphid
Explanation of Names
Colopha ulmicola (Fitch 1859)
ulmicola = 'elm-dweller'
Food
hosts: elms; may have an alternate generation that feeds on grasses