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Rusty Plum Aphid

Hysteroneura setariae

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Illinois.January 2, February 3, March 4, April 7, May 12, June 5, July 4, August 4, September 5, October 4, November 2, December 2.
United States207
Illinois54
Canada21
North Carolina21
California18
Missouri15
Kentucky13
Tennessee13
Ontario12
China11

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderTrue Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies · Hemiptera
FamilyAphids · Aphididae
GenusPlum-grass Aphids · Hysteroneura

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