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Genus Macrosiphoniella

Bug on Pasture Sage - Macrosiphoniella absinthii Aphidiae 02b - Macrosiphoniella absinthii Green Aphids - Macrosiphoniella tanacetaria Aphid on Artemisia douglasiana2 - Macrosiphoniella ludovicianae Aphid on Artemisia douglasiana2 - Macrosiphoniella ludovicianae Aphid on Artemisia douglasiana2 - Macrosiphoniella ludovicianae Aphididae, on Prairie Sage, adult - Macrosiphoniella ludovicianae Aphid Midge - Macrosiphoniella
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 Macrosiphoniella
Numbers
14 spp. in our area(1), of which 9 non-native(2); ca. 130 spp. in 7 subgenera worldwide(3)
Food
Plants in the aster family (Asteraceae)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Adventive aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) of America north of Mexico
Foottit R.G., Halbert S.E., Miller G.L., Maw E., Russell L.M. 2006. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 108: 583-610.
3.Favret C. (2013) Aphid Species File. Version 5.0