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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 » Aphidini » Aphidina » Aphis » Subgenus Aphis (Aphis Subgenus Aphis) » Spirea Aphid (Aphis spiraecola)

Species Aphis spiraecola - Spirea Aphid

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · 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 Aphidinae
Tribe Aphidini
Subtribe Aphidina
Genus Aphis
No Taxon (Subgenus Aphis)
Species spiraecola (Spirea Aphid)
Other Common Names
Green Citrus Aphid
Explanation of Names
Aphis spiraecola Patch 1914
Size
apterae 1.2-2.2 mm
Range
native to Eurasia, now cosmopolitan - Map (1); introduced to NA in early 1900s(2)
Habitat
all but the coldest terrestrial habitats (AphID)
Food
recorded from species of over 90 plant families(2)
Remarks
important pest on species of citrus, but also attacks many other crops incl. crucifers (Brassicaceae); potato, peppers, and tobacco (Solanaceae); apple, Spiraea, and Prunus (Rosaceae), and a variety of ornamentals. Implicated in transmission of 17 plant viruses
Internet References
species page(3)
Works Cited
1.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
2.Adventive aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) of America north of Mexico
Foottit R.G., Halbert S.E., Miller G.L., Maw E., Russell L.M. 2006. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 108: 583-610.
3.Dransfield B., Brightwell B. (yyyy) InfluentialPoints.com (Aphid identification resources & more)
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 4 December, 2009 - 5:49pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 16 November, 2023 - 12:21pm

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