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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 » Ceruraphis » Wayfaring Tree‒Sedge Aphid (Ceruraphis eriophori)

Species Ceruraphis eriophori - Wayfaring Tree‒Sedge Aphid

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · 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 Aphidoidea
Family Aphididae (Aphids)
Subfamily Aphidinae
Tribe Macrosiphini
Genus Ceruraphis
Species eriophori (Wayfaring Tree‒Sedge Aphid)
Explanation of Names
Ceruraphis eriophori (Walker 1848)
Range
native to Europe, adventive in NA(1)
Food
Primary host: Viburnum spp. Induce pseudogalls.
Secondary host: Cyperaceae (Carex, Cyperus, Eriophorum, Luzula, Typha) (2)
Remarks
earliest NA record: UT 1935(1)
Internet References
Species page(3) • Fact sheet(4)
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.Blackman R., Eastop V. (‒2023) Aphids on the world’s plants: An online identification and information guide
3.Dransfield B., Brightwell B. (yyyy) InfluentialPoints.com (Aphid identification resources & more)
4.Ellis W.N. (2001‒2023) Leafminers and plant galls of Europe
Contributed by Claude Pilon on 10 May, 2012 - 2:38pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 27 May, 2024 - 9:59am

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