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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) » Calaphidinae » Panaphidini » Panaphidina » Monellia

Genus Monellia

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Internet References
Aphid on my pecan tree - Monellia caryella pretty aphid on oak leaf - Monellia caryella Fly - Monellia caryella Parasitized blackmargined pecan aphid? - Monellia caryella Parasitized blackmargined pecan aphid - Monellia caryella aphid - Monellia Aphid - Monellia caryella Aphididdae, Blackmargined Pecan Aphid - Monellia caryella
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 Calaphidinae
Tribe Panaphidini
Subtribe Panaphidina
Genus Monellia
Explanation of Names
Monellia Oestlund, 1887
Numbers
4 North American species
Identification
Wings are held flat over the abdomen
Range
e. NA to Calif. (BG data)
Season
May-Oct (BG data)
Food
Hickory and pecan (Carya spp.)
See Also
Monelliopsis species are similar and are also found on plants in the walnut family (Juglandanceae), but they hold their wings vertically.
Internet References
Aphids on the World's Plants
Contributed by Domingo Zungri on 7 July, 2009 - 2:58pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, ceiseman
Last updated 16 February, 2023 - 12:01pm

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