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Aphis gossypii is a tiny insect, an aphid ("greenfly") in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. It is a true bug and sucks sap from plants. It is a widely distributed pest of a variety of agricultural crops in the families Cucurbitaceae, Rutaceae and Malvaceae. [2] Common names include cotton aphid, melon aphid and melon and cotton ...
Woolly aphids (subfamily: Eriosomatinae) are sap -sucking insects that produce a filamentous waxy white covering which resembles cotton or wool. The adults are winged and move to new locations where they lay egg masses. The nymphs often form large cottony masses on twigs, for protection from predators. Woolly aphids occur throughout the ...
Scopoli, 1763 [1] The black bean aphid (Aphis fabae) is a small black insect in the genus Aphis, with a broad, soft body, a member of the order Hemiptera. Other common names include blackfly, bean aphid, and beet leaf aphid. [2] In the warmer months of the year, it is found in large numbers on the undersides of leaves and on the growing tips of ...
Lipaphis erysimi. Lipaphis erysimi is a species of aphid of the family Aphididae. [3] Its common names include mustard aphid[4] and turnip aphid. [5] It is found in most temperate and tropical areas of the world and feeds only on cruciferous plants. The insects are almost exclusively female and are very prolific, with wingless females producing ...
Some farming ant species gather and store the aphid eggs in their nests over the winter. In the spring, the ants carry the newly hatched aphids back to the plants. Some species of dairying ants (such as the European yellow meadow ant, Lasius flavus) [69] manage large herds of aphids that feed on roots of plants in the ant colony. Queens leaving ...
Gossypium (/ ɡɒˈsɪpiəm /) [ 2 ] is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Gossypieae of the mallow family, Malvaceae, from which cotton is harvested. It is native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Old and New Worlds. There are about 50 Gossypium species, [ 3 ] making it the largest genus in the tribe Gossypieae, and new species ...
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Myzus persicae. (Sulzer, 1776) [ 1 ] Green peach aphid that has been killed by the fungus Pandora neoaphidis Scale bar = 0.3 mm. Myzus persicae, known as the green peach aphid, greenfly, or the peach-potato aphid, [ 2 ] is a small green aphid belonging to the order Hemiptera. It is the most significant aphid pest of peach trees, causing ...