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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) » Hamamelistes » Spiny Witch Hazel Gall Aphid (Hamamelistes spinosus)

Species Hamamelistes spinosus - Spiny Witch Hazel Gall Aphid

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Scale insect based community - Hamamelistes spinosus aphids/scale on birch - Hamamelistes spinosus birch laef aphids - Hamamelistes spinosus Leaf Miner? - Hamamelistes spinosus Spiny Witch Hazel Gall - Hamamelistes spinosus Spiny Witch-Hazel Gall Aphid - Hamamelistes spinosus Spiny Witch-Hazel Gall Aphid - Hamamelistes spinosus Aphids? on paper birch - Hamamelistes spinosus
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 Hamamelistes
Species spinosus (Spiny Witch Hazel Gall Aphid)
Other Common Names
Witch Hazel Spiney Gall Aphid
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hamamelistes spinosus Shimer, 1867
Food
hosts: witch hazel and river birch (alternating)
Life Cycle
overwinter as eggs; sometimes attended by ants on birch:

Also, a few images show galls on witch-hazel attended by ants .
Print References
Pergande (1901)
Internet References
Gallformers
NC State Extension
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 28 December, 2008 - 10:51pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, v belov, marcie oconnor
Last updated 24 September, 2024 - 2:16pm

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