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Species Eucarazzia elegans - Mint aphid

Mojave alate aphid with swollen siphunculi - Eucarazzia elegans

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 Eucarazzia

Species elegans (Mint aphid)

Explanation of Names

Author: Ferrari

Food

Lamiaceae

Remarks

Introduced from Europe

Internet References

Natural History of Orange County

Encyclopedia of Life

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 7 December, 2009 - 10:11pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 5 August, 2010 - 11:33am

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