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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha)
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Aphidoidea
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Forda
Genus
Forda
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
Eriosomatinae (Woolly Aphids and Gall-making Aphids)
Tribe
Fordini
Genus
Forda
Numbers
Two species from Europe:
F. formicaria
and
F. marginata
Food
In North America they feed on roots of Gramineae. In their land of origin they make galls on pistachio.
Contributed by
Charley Eiseman
on 9 November, 2011 - 8:45pm
Additional contributions by
Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 29 January, 2012 - 12:56pm