The importance of interspecific competition as a force promoting specialization in phytophagous insects has been long debated. Myzus persicae sensu stricto (Hemiptera: Aphididae) is one of the most polyphagous aphids. Its subspecies, M.
Daniel H. TAPIA+4 more
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The grapevine aphid Aphis illinoisensis : a good example of recent invasion and rapid colonization by aphids [PDF]
Aphis illinoisensis represents one of the most recent aphid invaders from the New World to the Mediterranean Region. This aphid, which is native to North America and is now widely distributed in Central and South America, was first found in Southern ...
Mifsud, David, Perez Hidalgo, Nicolas
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DIVERSITY OF APHIDIDAE OF UTTARAKHAND
Agricultural crops face numerous pest-problems, particularly due to aphids, scale-insects, mealybugs, white-flies, mites, etc. Aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae) are one of the important pests of crops, and are highly injurious for cultivated and non-cultivated crops. We reported eighteen aphid species belong to twelve genera in Kumaun region.
Kumar, Rajesh+3 more
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Molecular evolution of aphids and their primary ( Buchnera sp.) and secondary endosymbionts: implications for the role of symbiosis in insect evolution. [PDF]
Aphids maintain an obligate, endosymbiotic association with Buchnera sp., a bacterium closely related to Escherichia coli. Bacteria are housed in specialized cells of organ-like structures called bacteriomes in the hemocoel of the aphid and are ...
Ham, R.C.H.J., van+5 more
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Feeding Records of Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) From Wisconsin [PDF]
Basic to our understanding of any animal and its habitat requirements is knowing what it eats. Reported here are observations of feeding by 27 species of aphids encountered in Wisconsin over 1992 ...
Trager, James C+2 more
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Differences in microbiota between two multilocus lineages of the sugarcane Aphid (Melanaphis sacchari) in the continental United States [PDF]
The sugarcane aphid (SCA), Melanaphis Sacchari (Zehntner) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), has been considered an invasive pest of sugarcane in the continental United States since 1977. Then, in 2013, SCA abruptly became a serious pest of U.S.
Antwi, Josephine B.+11 more
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A Study of the Biology of \u3ci\u3eRhopalosiphum Padi\u3c/i\u3e (Homoptera: Aphididae) in Winter Wheat in Northwestern Indiana [PDF]
Periodic collections of the bird cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi, during two years revealed small populations on winter wheat in Lafayette, Indiana. The greatest numbers were found on volunteer wheat plants before planting.
Araya, J. E, Cambron, S. E, Foster, J. E
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African Aphididae.—Part II. [PDF]
The following notes and descriptions of African plant-lice are based mainly on part of the large collection I have received from Mr. F. C. Willcocks, made in Egypt since 1907 ; specimens from Mr. Gerald Bedford, collected in the Transvaal and the Cape ;and a small collection of spirit specimens without any colour notes sent to the ImperialBureau of ...
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Russian wheat aphids (Diuraphis noxia) in China: Native range expansion or recent introduction? [PDF]
In this study, we explore the population genetics of the Russian wheat aphid (RWA) (Diuraphis noxia), one of the world’s most invasive agricultural pests, in north-western China.
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Studies on Aphididæ. I.* [PDF]
What is supposed to be this species was first described by Asa Fitch in his âCatalogueof the Homoptera of New Yorkâ in 1851 as Aphis betulA¦colens . Monell described it from Missouri as Callipterus betulA¦colens , n. sp., and placed Aphis betulA¦colens of Fitch as doubtfully synonymous. Thomas hesitatingly placed this species and Calaphis betulella
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