Species Periphyllus lyropictus - Norway Maple Aphid

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited

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 Chaitophorinae

Tribe Chaitophorini

Genus Periphyllus (Maple aphids)

Species lyropictus (Norway Maple Aphid)

Explanation of Names

Periphyllus lyropictus (Kessler 1886)

Range

native to Europe, adventive in NA(1) and now widespread in e. NA wherever Norway maple is planted(2)

Food

host in NA: Norway maple (Acer platanoides) only(2)

Remarks

earliest record in our area: VT 1847(1)

Works Cited

1.	Adventive aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) of America north of Mexico Foottit R.G., Halbert S.E., Miller G.L., Maw E., Russell L.M. 2006. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 108: 583-610.

2.	Forest pest insects in North America: a photographic guide Van Driesche R.G., LaForest J.H., Bargeron C.T., Reardon R.C., Herlihy M. 2012. USDA Forest Service. Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team. Morgantown, WV.

Contributed by Claude Pilon on 4 May, 2012 - 10:24am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 23 May, 2013 - 7:57pm

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