Toxoptera aurantii

Brown Citrus Aphid
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Aphididae
Genus: Toxoptera
Species: T. aurantii
Binomial name
Toxoptera aurantii
(Boyer de Fonscolombe)
Synonyms
  • Toxoptera aurantiae
  • Aphis camelliae

The Brown Citrus Aphid, (Toxoptera aurantii), is an aphid in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. It is a true bug and sucks sap from plants. It is known to hosts in well over 150+ plant species.[1]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.extento.hawaii.edu/kbase/crop/Type/toxopter.htm
  • http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Toxoptera_aurantii/classification/
  • http://aphid.aphidnet.org/Toxoptera_aurantii.php
  • http://www7.inra.fr/hyppz/RAVAGEUR/6toxaur.htm
  • http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/citrus/bc_aphid.htm
  • Wang, JJ; Tsai, JH (2001). "Development, survival and reproduction of black citrus aphid, Toxoptera aurantii (Hemiptera: Aphididae), as a function of temperature". Bull. Entomol. Res. 91: 477–87. PMID 11818043.
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