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.

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