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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha) » Psylloidea » Aphalaridae » Aphalarinae » Aphalara

Genus Aphalara

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Works Cited
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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 Psylloidea
Family Aphalaridae
Subfamily Aphalarinae
Genus Aphalara
Explanation of Names
Aphalara Förster, 1848
Numbers
14 spp. in our area(1), ~40 total(2)
Identification
Genal cones absent; pterostigma absent; clypeus elongate, approaching front margin of head. Body coloration usually red or orange, rarely black, never green (3)
Range
Holarctic (2)
Food
Most of our species feed on Polygonaceae (2)
See Also
Craspedolepta does not have an elongate clypeus, is often yellow or green in color, and usually feeds on Asteraceae. The cubital cell is often longer, as are the antennae:
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Ouvrard D. (2013) Psyl'list - The World Psylloidea Database
3.A List Of The Species Of Craspedolepta Recorded From North America (Homoptera: Psyllidae: Aphalarinae)
Russell, L.M. 1973. Journal of The Washington Academy of Sciences Vol. 63. No. 4 (476).
Contributed by v belov on 25 March, 2012 - 1:48pm
Additional contributions by Chris Mallory, PaleoJon
Last updated 30 August, 2024 - 11:43pm

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