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Species Drepanosiphum oregonensis

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 Drepanosiphinae

Genus Drepanosiphum

Species oregonensis (Drepanosiphum oregonensis)

Explanation of Names

Author: Granovsky

Food

Maples (Acer).

Life Cycle

They do not use a secondary host plant

Remarks

Introduced from the Mediterranean region of Europe

Internet References

Aphidman's Photostream on flickr

Aphid Species File

Maples of the World

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 3 December, 2009 - 4:01pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 5 August, 2010 - 11:24am

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