The Black Cherry Aphid, or cherry blackfly, (''Myzus cerasi''), is an

aphid 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 ...

in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. It is a true bug and sucks sap from plants.

Host plants

It is known to live on both wild and domesticated cherry varieties.

Synonyms

* ''Aphis aparines'' Kaltenbach, 1843 * ''Aphis asperulae'' Walker, 1848 * ''Aphis cerasi'' Müller, 1776 * ''Aphis cerasi'' Fabricius, 1775 * ''Aphis euphrasiae'' Walker, 1849 * ''Aphis molluginis'' Koch, 1854 * ''Aphis veronicae'' Walker, 1848 * ''Myzoides cerasi'' van der Goot, 1913 * ''Myzoides cerasi'' Fabricius * ''Myzus alectorolophi'' Heinze, 1961 * ''Myzus asperulae'' Walker, 1848 * ''Myzus callange'' Essig, 1954 * ''Myzus galiifolium'' Theobald, 1929 * ''Myzus langei'' Essig, 1936 * ''Myzus pruniavium'' Börner, 1926 * ''Myzus quasipyrinus'' Theobald, 1929

References

External links

cabi.org

agroatlas.ru

plantwise.org
Agricultural pest insects Macrosiphini {{Aphididae-stub