Prociphilus fraxini (Fabricius 1777)
- Dataset
- Identification guide to Nordic aphids associated with mosses, horsetails and ferns (Bryophyta, Equisetophyta, Polypodiophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Aphidoidea)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Aphidomorpha
- family
- Aphididae
- genus
- Prociphilus
- species
- Prociphilus fraxini
diagnosis
Diagnosis Diagnosis based on Heie (2004). Apterae 1.8 – 2.7 mm, pale, wax-covered. Very similar to P. bumeliae, but the posterior wax gland plates on head weakly developed, sometimes absent. Dioecious, alternating between Fraxinus excelsior (Oleaceae) and roots of Abies (Pinaceae), where wax-covered colonies are formed.
distribution
Distribution D N S.
Name
- Homonyms
- Prociphilus fraxini (Fabricius 1777)