Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Aphis craccivora
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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Aphis craccivora", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11045. Accessed 30 April 2025.