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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) » Chaitophorinae » Chaitophorini » Maple aphids (Periphyllus) » Common Maple Aphid (Periphyllus testudinaceus)

Species Periphyllus testudinaceus - Common Maple Aphid

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Periphyllus testudinaceus Periphyllus testudinaceus Periphyllus testudinaceus common maple aphids - Periphyllus testudinaceus common maple aphids - Periphyllus testudinaceus common maple aphid - Periphyllus testudinaceus
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 testudinaceus (Common Maple Aphid)
Explanation of Names
Periphyllus testudinaceus (Fernie 1852)
Size
2.0-3.5 mm(1)
Range
native to Europe, adventive in NA (transcontinental in the north)(2)(3)
Food
hosts: maples (Acer) and some other hardwoods(1)
Remarks
earliest NA record: BC 1924(2)
Works Cited
1.Pests of ornamental trees, shrubs and flowers: a colour handbook. 2nd ed.
Alford D.V. 2012. Academic Press. 480 pp.
2.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.
3.Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska
Maw, H.E.L., R.G. Foottit, K.G.A. Hamilton and G.G.E. Scudder. 2000. NRC Research Press.
Contributed by Claude Pilon on 4 May, 2012 - 10:26am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 23 May, 2013 - 5:22pm

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