''Amphorophora'' is a genus of
aphids
Aphids are small sap-sucking insects and members of the superfamily Aphidoidea. Common names include greenfly and blackfly, although individuals within a species can vary widely in color. The group includes the fluffy white woolly aphids. A t ...
belonging to the family
Aphididae
The Aphididae are a very large insect family in the aphid superfamily ( Aphidoidea), of the order Hemiptera. These insects suck the sap from plant leaves. Several thousand species are placed in this family, many of which are considered plant/cro ...
.
The genus was
first described by
George Bowdler Buckton in 1876.
There are 27 species, mostly nearctic. They are found in
Eurasia
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and
Northern America
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.
Some species:
* ''
Amphorophora ampullata'' Dark-tipped fern aphid
* ''
Amphorophora gei''
* ''
Amphorophora rubi'' (Kaltenbach, 1843)
References
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Macrosiphini