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Species Calaphis betulaecolens - Common Birch Aphid

Calaphis betulaecolens
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 Calaphidinae
Tribe Calaphidini
Subtribe Calaphidina
Genus Calaphis
Species betulaecolens (Common Birch Aphid)
Other Common Names
Yellowish Birch Aphid
Explanation of Names
Author: Fitch
Size
BL 3.0-3.5 mm
Identification
Viviparae all alate, bright lemon yellow without dorsal markings, with blackish antennae and tibiae and dark wing veins.
Range
Widely distributed in North America.
Food
Usually on leaves of Betula lutea and B. papyrifera, occasionally on other Betula spp.
Life Cycle
Apterous oviparae and alate males occur in September-October.
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