Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Aphis craccivora
Pulgón negro de las leguminosas, cow pea aphid, groundnut aphid
Plant sap; polyphagous (legumes preferred); arid zone, transition zone; sea pleuston (Santa Fé to Santa Cruz), Palo santo forest; FIT, malaise, pan, carrion and UV light traps; May-June. Facultatively anholocyclic (normally so in tropics).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Suborder
Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily
Aphidoidea
Family
Aphididae
Section
Aphidini
Genus
Aphis
Species
craccivora
Taxon category: Accepted
A. craccivora as A. loti (pers. comm Rebecca Turner)
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1991
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: Potentially Invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Fernandina, Isabela, Santa Cruz, Santiago
- Causton, C.E. Sevilla, C. (2008) Latest Records of Introduced Invertebrates in Galapagos and Measures to control them. Galapagos Report 2006-2007, CDF, GNP and INGALA, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos, Ecuador, p. 142-145.
- Peck, S.B. (1996) Origin and development of an insect fauna on a remote archipelago: The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. In: Keast A., Miller S.E. (eds.): The origin and evolution of Pacific Island biotas, New Guinea to eastern Polynesia: patterns and processes. SPB Academic Publishing, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, p. 91-122.
- Peck, S.B. Heraty, J., Landry, B. & Sinclair, B.J. (1998) Introduced insect fauna of an oceanic archipelago: The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Am. Entomol. 44: 218-237.
- Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Aphis craccivora", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11045. Accessed 1 November 2026.