Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
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
»
Hyperomyzus
»
Subgenus Hyperomyzus (Hyperomyzus Subgenus Hyperomyzus)
»
Blackcurrant--Sowthistle Aphid (Hyperomyzus lactucae)
Species
Hyperomyzus lactucae
- Blackcurrant--Sowthistle Aphid
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
Hyperomyzus
No Taxon
(Subgenus Hyperomyzus)
Species
lactucae
(Blackcurrant--Sowthistle Aphid)
Other Common Names
Sowthistle aphid
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Aphis lactucae
Linnaeus, 1758
Remarks
It causes damage on currants.
Internet References
rothamsted.ac.uk
Contributed by
Charley Eiseman
on 16 December, 2010 - 12:30am
Additional contributions by
Beatriz Moisset
,
v belov
Last updated 14 January, 2011 - 8:54am