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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) » Phyllaphidinae » Phyllaphis » Woolly Beech Aphid (Phyllaphis fagi)

Species Phyllaphis fagi - Woolly Beech Aphid

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Remarks · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Phyllaphidinae
Genus Phyllaphis
Species fagi (Woolly Beech Aphid)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Aphis fagi Linnaeus, 1767
Remarks
Introduced from Europe; found primarily on European beech varieties and primarily on the foliage.
The copious honeydew that is dropped to lower leaves is perfect for the Scorias spongiosa fungus.(1)
See Also
Beech Blight Aphid
Internet References
Many images at a French website
Works Cited
1.Hidden Company that Trees Keep: Life from Treetops to Root Tips
James B. Nardi. 2023. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 31 October, 2009 - 12:47am
Additional contributions by Marci Hess
Last updated 23 September, 2023 - 10:37am

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