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Cherry-Grass Aphids
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Cherry-Grass Aphids

Rhopalosiphum

Rhopalosiphum is a genus of aphid of the family Aphididae that includes 17 species worldwide. Apart from sucking the phloem of host plants and thereby being treated in agriculture as pests, some species are vectors for viral plant pathogens.

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10 branches of this genus, most-observed first

waterlily aphid

speciesRhopalosiphum nymphaeae

Bird Cherry-oat Aphid

speciesRhopalosiphum padi

Corn Leaf Aphid

speciesRhopalosiphum maidis

Apple Grain Aphid

speciesRhopalosiphum oxyacanthae

Rice Root Aphid

speciesRhopalosiphum rufiabdominalis

Rhopalosiphum enigmae

speciesRhopalosiphum enigmae

Rhopalosiphum rufulum

speciesRhopalosiphum rufulum

Rhopalosiphum cerasifoliae

speciesRhopalosiphum cerasifoliae

Rhopalosiphum nigrum

speciesRhopalosiphum nigrum

Apple-grass Aphid

speciesRhopalosiphum insertum

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 142772.