''Brevicoryne'' is a genus of aphid insect that contains many species which are agricultural pests.

Hosts

This genus parasitizes a wide range of hosts, with many members of the Brassicaceae ( broccoli,

cabbage Cabbage, comprising several cultivars of ''Brassica oleracea'', is a leafy green, red (purple), or white (pale green) biennial plant grown as an annual vegetable crop for its dense-leaved heads. It is descended from the wild cabbage ( ''B.&nb ...

kale Kale (), or leaf cabbage, belongs to a group of cabbage (''Brassica oleracea'') cultivars grown for their edible leaves, although some are used as ornamentals. Kale plants have green or purple leaves, and the central leaves do not form a head ...

, etc.) included.

Adults

Adults are distinguished from the nymphs by their darker body. They may ( alate) or may not exhibit wings.

Parasites

Many species of

wasps A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder. T ...

parasitize Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has c ...

the juvenile (nymph); injecting their eggs using their

ovipositor The ovipositor is a tube-like organ used by some animals, especially insects, for the laying of eggs. In insects, an ovipositor consists of a maximum of three pairs of appendages. The details and morphology of the ovipositor vary, but typical ...

creating 'mummies' (so called because of their desiccated appearance).

Species

* '' Brevicoryne arctica'' Richards, 1963 * '' Brevicoryne barbareae'' Nevsky 1929 * ''

Brevicoryne brassicae ''Brevicoryne brassicae'', commonly known as the cabbage aphid or cabbage aphis, is a destructive aphid (plant louse) native to Europe that is now found in many other areas of the world. The aphids feed on many varieties of produce, including ca ...

'' Linnaeus, 1758, the cabbage aphid * '' Brevicoryne crambe'' Bozhko, 1950 * '' Brevicoryne crambinistataricae'' Bozhko, 1953 * '' Brevicoryne fraterna'' Strom, 1938 * '' Brevicoryne jiayuguanensis'' Zhang, Chen, Zhong & Li, 1999 * '' Brevicoryne lonicerina'' Mukh & Akhm, 1980 * '' Brevicoryne nigrosiphunculata'' Hodjat, 1981 * '' Brevicoryne shaposhnikovi'' Narzikulov, 1957Нарзикулов М.Н. Новые виды тлей /Homoptera, Aphididae/ из горного Таджикистана//Энтомологическое обозрение. 1957. Т. 36. № 3. С. 671–694.

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