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  11. ›Aphidinae
  12. ›Macrosiphini
  13. ›Idiopterus
Fern aphid
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Fern aphid

Idiopterus nephrelepidis

Idiopterus nephrelepidis, commonly known as the black fern aphid, is a species of aphid insect that feeds on various species of fern. It is the type species of the genus Idiopterus.

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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 196736.