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Species Acyrthosiphon lactucae

Aphid on prickly lettuce - Acyrthosiphon lactucae

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 Acyrthosiphon

Species lactucae (Acyrthosiphon lactucae)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Siphonophora lactucae

Explanation of Names

Author: Passerini

Food

Feeds on lettuce, Lactuca sativa

Remarks

From the Palearctic (Europe), 1943

Internet References

Insect images

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 21 December, 2010 - 9:19pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 29 December, 2010 - 10:03am

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