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Species Aphis thalictri - Waxy Meadow-rue Aphid

Aphis thalictri
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 thalictri (Waxy Meadow-rue Aphid)
Explanation of Names
Aphis thalictri Koch 1854
Size
apterae 2.0-2.8 mm
Range
n. & c. Europe to C.Asia; reported from Canada
Food
hosts: Thalictrum spp.
Life Cycle
monoecious
Remarks
Introduced to NA ca.1999
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