Uroleucon pseudambrosiae

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Uroleucon pseudambrosiae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Aphididae
Genus: Uroleucon
Species:
U. pseudambrosiae
Binomial name
Uroleucon pseudambrosiae
(Olive, 1963)

Uroleucon pseudambrosiae is a species of aphid in the family Aphididae. [1] [2] [3] [4]

It feeds on wild lettuce (Lactuca spp.), pilewort (Erechtites hieracifolia), dandelion (Taraxacum), and Sonchus asper . [5] It is found in North America. [3] It can serve as a vector for watermelon mosaic virus. [5]

References

  1. "Uroleucon pseudambrosiae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Uroleucon pseudambrosiae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. Favret, Colin (2019). "species Uroleucon pseudambrosiae (Olive, 1963)". Aphid species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. 1 2 Webb, Susan E.; Leng Kok-Yokomi, Moh (1 December 1993). "Transmission of Cucurbit Potyviruses by Uroleucon pseudambrosiae (Homoptera: Aphididae), an Aphid Trapped During Epidemics of Watermelon Mosaic Virus 2 in Florida" . Journal of Economic Entomology. 86 (6): 1786–1792. doi:10.1093/jee/86.6.1786 . Retrieved 11 May 2022.