Sipha flava is a species of aphid in the family Aphididae.[2] It is native to North America. Its common name is yellow sugarcane aphid.[3]
| Sipha flava | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Aphididae |
| Genus: | Sipha |
| Species: | S. flava
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| Binomial name | |
| Sipha flava (Forbes, S.A., 1885)[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Chaitophorus flavus Forbes, S.A., 1885 | |
This aphid is an agricultural pest of corn, rice, sorghum, and sugarcane. It also infests lawn and pasture grasses. It has been noted on crabgrasses, barleys, panic grasses, paspalums, pennisetums, and wheats. It can also be found on some sedges.[3]
References
edit- ^ The first published description of the species was in 1885 in Forbes, Stephen A. (1885). "The Yellow Sorghum Plant Louse". 14th Report of the State Entomologist on the Noxious and Beneficial Insects of the State of Illinois. Springfield, Illinois: State of Illinois (H. W. Rokker, State Printer). p. 70., but an error in date occurred in Remaudière, Georges & Remaudière, Marc (1997). Catalogue des Aphididae du monde (Homoptera Aphidoidea) (Catalogue of the World's Aphididae (Homoptera Aphidoidea)). Paris: Institut national de la recherche agronomique (INRA). p. 160. ISBN 978-2-7380-0714-8..
- ^ Sipha flava. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
- ^ a b Nuessly, G. S. Yellow Sugarcane Aphid, Sipha flava (Forbes) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aphididae). EENY-354 (IN635). Entomology and Nematology. Florida Cooperative Extension Service. University of Florida IFAS. 2005.
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