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Species of true bug

Rusty Plum Aphid
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Aphididae
Genus: Hysteroneura
Species: H. setariae
Binomial name
Hysteroneura setariae
(Thomas 1878)

The rusty plum aphid (Hysteroneura setariae) is an aphid in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. It is a true bug and sucks sap from plants.

It is known from Yemen, and has also been recorded feeding on sorghum, other millets and rice in the United States.

References

  1. Jahn, Gary C.; Almazan, Liberty P.; Pacia, Jocelyn B. (2005). "Effect of Nitrogen Fertilizer on the Intrinsic Rate of Increase of Hysteroneura setariae (Thomas) (Homoptera: Aphididae) on Rice (Oryza sativa L.)". Environmental Entomology. 34 (4): 938. doi:10.1603/0046-225X-34.4.938. S2CID 1941852.
  2. Kalaisekar, A (2017). Insect pests of millets: systematics, bionomics, and management. London: Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-12-804243-4. OCLC 967265246.
Taxon identifiers
Hysteroneura setariae
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