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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 » Purple-spotted Lily Aphid (Macrosiphum lilii)

Species Macrosiphum lilii - Purple-spotted Lily Aphid

Classification · Explanation of Names · Remarks
Aphids; which kind? - Macrosiphum lilii Small little bug - Macrosiphum lilii aphids -- live birth - Macrosiphum lilii 6 legged little guys. - Macrosiphum lilii Unknown Bug Hatched on Flowers - Macrosiphum lilii Aphid - Macrosiphum lilii Macrosiphum lilii - Purple-spotted Lily Aphid - Macrosiphum lilii Purple-spotted Lily Aphid - Macrosiphum lilii
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 lilii (Purple-spotted Lily Aphid)
Explanation of Names
Author: Comstock 1879
Remarks
Non-native, probably Palearctic, 1878. Considered a pest of cultivated lilies.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 11 June, 2009 - 2:35pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 10 April, 2010 - 10:06am

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