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Lupine Aphid

Macrosiphum albifrons

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 14, February 12, March 25, April 33, May 16, June 12, July 9, August 9, September 12, October 12, November 16, December 12.
United States319
California149
Canada106
Oregon43
United Kingdom43
Washington39
England34
British Columbia30
Ontario23
Quebec22

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
GenusMacrosiphum

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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