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Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch, 1856)

Corn-leaf aphid

Corn leaf aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis. El Cascajo, Santa Cruz. Photo: Julia Bolaños, CDF, 2020.
Corn leaf aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis. El Cascajo, Santa Cruz. Photo: Julia Bolaños, CDF, 2020.

Plant sap; arid zone, transition zone, humid forest and pampa zone; FIT traps; April-June. Pest in aerial parts of grasses including crops, especially maize. Anholocyclic (except in apparent areas of origin in southwest foothills of Himalayas, where primary host is Prunus species).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Hemiptera

Suborder
Sternorrhyncha

Superfamily
Aphidoidea

Family
Aphididae

Section
Aphidini

Genus
Rhopalosiphum

Species
maidis

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

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: No data

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Isabela, Santa Cruz, Santiago

References

  • 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.
  • 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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