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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha) » Aphidoidea » Aphids (Aphididae) » Aphidinae » Macrosiphini » Pterocomma
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Aphids on willow tree - Pterocomma
Copyright © 2012 Wisconsin Oecanthinancy

Aphids on willow tree - Pterocomma
Mount Pleasant, Racine County, Wisconsin, USA
March 31, 2012
Size: 5mm
Is this an adult? Found on a willow tree.

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Contributed by Wisconsin Oecanthinancy on 31 March, 2012 - 5:51pm
Last updated 6 February, 2013 - 8:02pm

Moved
Moved from Pterocommatinae.
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 6 February, 2013 - 8:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Aphidinae.
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 6 February, 2013 - 8:01pm login or register to post comments

I'm thinking not Aphidinae.
Thi reminds me more of Pterocommatinae: Pterocomma, which are commonly found on willow, since Salix and Populus are their only known hosts. Aphidinae aren't usually so setose.

… Natalie Hernandez, 6 February, 2013 - 7:26pm login or register to post comments

 
thank you.
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… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 6 February, 2013 - 8:03pm login or register to post comments

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