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22 Records
Status
Woolly Alder Aphids occur east of the Mississippi River.
Description
These aphids get their name from the fluffy, white wax on their abdomens. They have two alternate hosts: Silver Maple and alder (Alnus spp.). Winged adults lay their eggs in the crevices of Silver Maples, and the young feed on the maple leaves. Winged adults then fly to alder trees and form large colonies. The members of a colony feed on the sap of the alder leaves and twigs, where their fuzzy white appearance makes them noticeable in late summer and fall. Their reproductive cycle is quite complex.
Relationships
Ants commonly tend, or guard, the aphids, feeding on the aphids' sugary excretions.
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Source: Wikipedia
Prociphilus tessellatus, known generally as the woolly alder aphid or maple blight aphid, is a species of aphid in the family Aphididae.[1][2][3]
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| Woolly Alder Aphid, Prociphilus tessellatus, Ontario, Canada | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Aphididae |
| Subfamily: | Eriosomatinae |
| Genus: | Prociphilus |
| Species: | P. tessellatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Prociphilus tessellatus (Fitch, 1851)
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References
[edit]- ^ "Prociphilus tessellatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- ^ "Prociphilus tessellatus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- ^ Favret, Colin (2020). "species Prociphilus tessellatus (Fitch, 1851)". Aphid species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
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