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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 » Uroleucon » Subgenus Uroleucon (Uroleucon Subgenus Uroleucon) » Uroleucon obscuricaudatum

Species Uroleucon obscuricaudatum

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Aphids on Asteraceae - Uroleucon obscuricaudatum - female Aphids on Asteraceae - Uroleucon obscuricaudatum - female dusky sunflower aphid - Uroleucon obscuricaudatum dusky sunflower aphid - Uroleucon obscuricaudatum dusky sunflower aphid - Uroleucon obscuricaudatum Uroleucon ? - Uroleucon obscuricaudatum
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 Uroleucon
No Taxon (Subgenus Uroleucon)
Species obscuricaudatum (Uroleucon obscuricaudatum)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Dactynotus obscuricaudatus Olive, 1965
Identification
Red with smoky or dusky cauda, darker than abdomen.
Food
Heliopsis helianthoides
Print References
Moran, Nancy. 1984 "The Genus Uroleucon (Homoptera: Aphididae) in Michigan: Key, Host Records, Biological Notes, and Descriptions of Three New Species." Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 57(4):596-616.
Internet References
Aphid Species File
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 30 April, 2010 - 8:28pm

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