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Russian wheat aphid

Diuraphis noxia

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 1, February 1, March 1, April 1, May 1, June 0, July 0, August 0, September 0, October 0, November 0, December 0.
United States17
Texas6
Oklahoma4
New Mexico2
Idaho2
Colorado1
Nebraska1
Kansas1

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
GenusDiuraphis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Russian wheat aphid with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.