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Genus Capitophorus

White aphids on smartweed - Capitophorus hippophaes - female Capitophorus hippophaes Capitophorus again? - Capitophorus Aphid - Capitophorus Aphid - Capitophorus Aphididae, on Field Thistle, dorsal - Capitophorus elaeagni Aphididae, on Field Thistle, lateral - Capitophorus elaeagni Capitophorus
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 Capitophorus
Explanation of Names
Capitophorus Van der Goot 1913
Numbers
12 spp. in our area(1), 33 total(2)
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