Cinara cupressi
| Cinara cupressi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Family: | Aphididae |
| Genus: | Cinara |
| Species: | C. cupressi |
| Binomial name | |
| Cinara cupressi (Buckton, 1881) | |
Cinara cupressi (or the cypress aphid) is an brown-ish soft-bodied aphid. It sucks sap out of giant conifers, and can cause damage to the tree, ranging from discoloring of the affected twig to the death of the tree.[1] It is an invasive species and is in the world's 100 most invasive species along with being invasive in Africa and Europe.
References
- ↑ "issg Database: Ecology of Cinara cupressi". Retrieved 17 July 2010.