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Species Aphis pomi - Apple Aphid

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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 Aphidini
Subtribe Aphidina
Genus Aphis
No Taxon (Subgenus Aphis)
Species pomi (Apple Aphid)
Other Common Names
Green Apple Aphid
Explanation of Names
Aphis pomi De Geer 1773
Size
Apterae 1.3-2.2 mm
Identification
Apterae bright apple-green with black siphunculi and dark cauda, in dense colonies on young growth of several genera of woody Rosaceae (Pomoidea); ant-attended, and causing slight leaf-curl
Range
throughout Europe, N Africa, Asia eastwards to India; North America(1); introduced to NA in 1840s(2)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Dransfield B., Brightwell B. (yyyy) InfluentialPoints.com (Aphid identification resources & more)
2.Adventive aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) of America north of Mexico
Foottit R.G., Halbert S.E., Miller G.L., Maw E., Russell L.M. 2006. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 108: 583-610.