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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 » Acyrthosiphon » Pea Aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum)

Species Acyrthosiphon pisum - Pea Aphid

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Aphid - Acyrthosiphon pisum aphid? - Acyrthosiphon pisum Green and Pink pea aphids - Acyrthosiphon pisum - female Aphid - Acyrthosiphon pisum Dark-footed green aphid - Acyrthosiphon pisum Winged female Pea aphid? - Acyrthosiphon pisum - female Winged female Pea aphid? - Acyrthosiphon pisum - female Odd Aphid - Acyrthosiphon pisum
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 Acyrthosiphon
Species pisum (Pea Aphid)
Remarks
The most common pest aphid on legumes like alfalfa in northwestern N. America. It causes hundreds of millions of dollars of crop damage a year.
Non-native, first reported in 1877, from the Palearctic region.
Print References
Foottit, R. G. et al.: Adventive Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) of America North of Mexico. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 108 (3), 2006, pp 583-610.
Internet References
Discover Life.
Genome Project.
Encyclopedia of Life.
Aphid info
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 4 December, 2009 - 5:12pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 2 July, 2021 - 2:51pm

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