Rhopalosiphum padi
| Bird cherry-oat aphid | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Family: | Aphididae |
| Genus: | Rhopalosiphum |
| Species: | R. padi |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhopalosiphum padi (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
The Bird cherry-oat aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi) is an aphid in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. It is a true bug and sucks sap from plants.[1]
Host plants
As the name suggests, the primary host is Prunus padus, the Bird cherry. In addition to that, the aphid's secondary hosts are maize, barley, oats and wheat like Gramineae members.
References
- http://aphid.aphidnet.org/Rhopalosiphum_padi.php
- http://www.agroatlas.ru/en/content/pests/Rhopalosiphum_padi/
- http://www.scielo.cl/pdf/chiljar/v71n3/at07.pdf
- http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Rhopalosiphum_padi/classification/
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