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Sipha flava (yellow sugarcane aphid)

Synonyms: Chaitophorus flavus (homotypic); Cipha carreral; Sipha carrerai

Wikipedia Abstract

Sipha flava is a species of aphid in the family Aphididae. It is native to North America. Its common name is yellow sugarcane aphid. 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.
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Prey / Diet

Saccharum officinarum (sugarcane)[1]
Sorghum halepense (aleppo milletgrass)[2]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Costa-Arbuln, C., E. Gianoli, WL Gonzales & It. M. Niemeyer. 2001. Feeding by the aphid Sipha flava produces a reddish spot on leaves of Sorghum halapense: an induced defense? J. Chem. Ecol. 27: 273-283
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0