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Idiopterus nephrelepidis, commonly known as the black fern aphid, is a species of aphid insect that feeds on various species of fern. It is the type species of the genus Idiopterus.

Likely to have originated in the neotropics, it has spread right across Europe, though is only found indoors in Central and Northern Europe, New Zealand, and North America.

Notes

1. ^ Heie, Ole E. (1993). The Aphidoidea (Hemiptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. V, Family Aphididae, Part 2 of Tribe Macrosiphini of Subfamily Aphidinae. BRILL. p. 83. ISBN 9004098992.
2. Martin, N. A. (2017). "Black fern aphid - Idiopterus nephrelepidis". Retrieved 11 February 2018.
3. Robinson, A. G. (1966). "Review of the Fern Aphids in North America With Descriptions of a New Species and a New Genus". The Canadian Entomologist. 98 (12): 1252–59. doi:10.4039/Ent981252-12.

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