Macrosiphum euphorbiae

Macrosiphum euphorbiae, the potato aphid, is a sap-sucking pest insect in the family Aphididae. It infests potatoes and a number of other commercially important crops.

Macrosiphum euphorbiae
Winged and wingless potato aphids and cast skins
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Aphididae
Genus: Macrosiphum
Species:
M. euphorbiae
Binomial name
Macrosiphum euphorbiae
(Thomas, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Illinoia solanifolii
  • Macrosiphon solanifolii Ashmead
  • Macrosiphum amygdaloides
  • Macrosiphum cyprissiae var. cucurbitae del Guercio
  • Macrosiphum euphorbiellum Theobald
  • Macrosiphum koehleri Börner
  • Macrosiphum solanifolii (Ashmead)
  • Macrosiphum tabaci Pergande
  • Macrosiphum rosaeollae Theobald
  • Nectarophora ascepiadis Cowen ex Gillette & Baker
  • Nectarophora heleniella Cockerell
  • Nectarophora lycopersici Clarke
  • Nectarophora tabaci Pergande
  • Siphonophora asclepiadifolii Thomas
  • Siphonophora cucurbitae Middleton ex Thomas
  • Siphonophora euphorbiae Thomas
  • Siphonophora solanifolii Ashmead
  • Siphonophora tulipae Mondell
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