The Aphididae are a very large insect family in the aphid superfamily (Aphidoidea), of the order Hemiptera. These insects suck the sap from plant leaves. Several thousand species are placed in this family, many of which are considered plant/crop pests.

Feb 28, 2025 · aphid, (family Aphididae), any of a group of sap-sucking, soft-bodied insects (order Homoptera) that are about the size of a pinhead, most species of which have a pair of tubelike projections (cornicles) on the abdomen.

Nov 16, 2023 · Aphids are phloem feeders, they use their sucking piercing mouthparts to suck plant juices. Some are restricted to a single host species or a group of related hosts.

Aphids are small sap -sucking insects and members of the superfamily Aphidoidea. Common names include greenfly and blackfly, [a] although individuals within a species can vary widely in color. The group includes the fluffy white woolly aphids.

More than 5200 species of aphid have been described, of which at least 5000 are true aphids - insects in the family Aphididae. The Aphididae currently has 510 genera, and is one of three families in the superfamily Aphidoidea (as defined by Remaudière & Remaudière, 1997).

Within the fam­ily Aphi­di­dae, also known as aphids or plant lice, there are 24 sub­fam­i­lies, 510 gen­era, and 5109 species. Aphids are very small in­sects that live in large colonies and feed on plant sap. Most aphids are spe­cial­ized to feed on a spe­cific type of plant, al­though a few species can feed on hun­dreds of un­re­lated plants.

Aphids are among the most interesting, unusual, and thoroughly studied of all insect groups. They are worldwide in distribution, and are also called plant lice, antcows, green flies, die BlattlÄuse, les aphides, los áfidos, etc. They have economic importance because many aphid species are pests of agricultural crops, forest and shade trees.

The Aphididae are a very large insect family in the aphid superfamily (Aphidoidea), of the order Hemiptera. Several thousand species are placed in this family, many of which are well known for being serious plant pests.

Mar 31, 2014 · AphID includes a key to the 66 most polyphagous and cosmopolitan aphid species. The key for slide-mounted specimens has 132 end points. The key does not include males, oviparae, or immatures. It may not work for all fundatrices or alatae and apterae from primary hosts (for those species with host alternation). See the limitations.

Aphids are common soft-bodied insects that can be many different colors. Aphids are primarily northern temperate zone insects all in the family Aphididae of the order Hemiptera, with about 1,350 species in North America (5,000 worldwide), although only a …