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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) » Aphidinae » Macrosiphini » Macrosiphum » Rose Aphid (Macrosiphum rosae)

Species Macrosiphum rosae - Rose Aphid

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · 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 Aphidinae
Tribe Macrosiphini
Genus Macrosiphum
Species rosae (Rose Aphid)
Explanation of Names
Macrosiphum rosae Linnaeus, 1758
Size
4 mm
Identification
Pinkish brown color.
Range
Map - Discover Life
Food
Rose plants
Remarks
Introduced from Europe, 1841. Considered a pest of plants in the Rosaceae family.
Internet References
IPM NCSU. Fact sheet.
Rose Aphid Facts
Discover Life
Images, Peter J. Bryant, University of California, Irvine
Images at Insectimages.org
Many images on a French website.
Encyclopedia of Life
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 14 January, 2009 - 11:54am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, ceiseman
Last updated 3 May, 2017 - 10:14pm

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