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TaxonomyBrowseInfo ImagesLinksBooksData 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 » Metopolophium » Rose-Grass Aphid (Metopolophium dirhodum)

Species Metopolophium dirhodum - Rose-Grass Aphid

Classification · Explanation of Names · Food · Remarks 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 Metopolophium Species dirhodum (Rose-Grass Aphid) Explanation of Names Author: Walker Food Gramineae, including cereals. Remarks Introduced from the Palearctic, 1910. A major pest Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 18 December, 2010 - 9:53am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 14 January, 2011 - 8:47am

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