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Brevicoryne brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pulgón, Cabbage aphid, cabbage aphis, turnip aphid

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Hemiptera

Suborder
Sternorrhyncha

Superfamily
Aphidoidea

Family
Aphididae

Genus
Brevicoryne

Species
brassicae

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 2002

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

Distribution: Santa Cruz

References

Oquendo, J.R (2002) Invertebrados asociados a cultivos agrícolas de importancia económica en la isla Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador Undergraduate thesis. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador

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"Galapagos Species Database, Brevicoryne brassicae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16800. Accessed 2 November 2026.