Toxoptera aurantii
| Brown Citrus Aphid | |
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| 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 | |
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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
- 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
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11818043
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