Aulacorthum solani

Aulacorthum solani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Family:	Aphididae
Genus:	Aulacorthum
Species:	A. solani
Binomial name
Aulacorthum solani (Kaltenbach, 1843)
Subspecies
Acyrthosiphon solani solaniKaltenbach Acyrthosiphon solani orientale [1] Hille Ris Lambers, 1949 r
Synonyms
Acyrthosiphon solani

Aulacorthum solani, the foxglove aphid or glasshouse-potato aphid, is an aphid in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. ^[1] It is a true bug and sucks sap from plants.

Host

It has one of the broadest host ranges of any aphid in the world, where they both hosts on dicots and monocots. ^[2]

Economic importance

It is known to be a major insect pest on tomato, peppers, tobacco, celery, carrots, tulip bulbs, cucurbits and legumes. ^[2]

References

1. "Aulacorthum solani subsp. orientale". GBIF. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
2. "AphID - Aulacorthum solani". aphidnet. Retrieved 2015-02-21.

External links

• http://influentialpoints.com/Gallery/Aulacorthum_solani_Glasshouse-potato_aphid_Foxglove_aphid.htm
• Jandricic, S. E.; Mattson, N. S.; Wraight, S. P.; Sanderson, J. P. (2014). "Within-Plant Distribution of Aulacorthum solani (Hemiptera: Aphididae), on Various Greenhouse Plants with Implications for Control". Journal of Economic Entomology. 107 (2): 697–707. doi: 10.1603/EC13428 . PMID   24772552. S2CID   24829622.
• Sato, Dan; Sugimoto, Masahiro; Akashi, Hiromichi; Tomita, Masaru; Soga, Tomoyoshi (2014). "Comparative metabolite profiling of foxglove aphids (Aulacorthum solani Kaltenbach) on leaves of resistant and susceptible soybean strains". Molecular BioSystems. 10 (4): 909–15. doi:10.1039/c3mb70595a. PMID   24514152.
• Miller, Gary L.; Favret, Colin; Carmichael, Andrew; Voegtlin, David J. (2009). "Is There a Cryptic Species Within Aulacorthum solani (Hemiptera: Aphididae)?". Journal of Economic Entomology. 102 (1): 398–400. doi:10.1603/029.102.0152. PMID   19253661. S2CID   34202404.