Toxoptera aurantii, also known as both the black citrus aphid and brown citrus aphid, is a species of aphid in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. It is a true bug and sucks sap from plants. It is known to hosts in well over 150+ plant species.[1]
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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: | Toxoptera |
| Species: | T. aurantii
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| Binomial name | |
| Toxoptera aurantii (Boyer de Fonscolombe)
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References
edit- ^ "Toxoptera aurantii". www.extento.hawaii.edu. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- "ADW: Toxoptera aurantii: CLASSIFICATION". Animal Diversity Web.
- "AphID - Toxoptera aurantii".
- "Toxoptera aurantii (Boyer de Fonscolombe)".
- "Brown citrus aphid - Toxoptera citricida (Kirkaldy)".
- Wang, JJ; Tsai, JH (2001). "Development, survival and reproduction of black citrus aphid, Toxoptera aurantii (Hemiptera: Aphididae), as a function of temperature". Bull. Entomol. Res. 91 (6): 477–87. doi:10.1079/BER2001120. PMID 11818043. S2CID 20648651.
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