The Hop Aphid, or Damson-hop aphid, (''Phorodon humuli''), 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.
Host plants
Hop aphid hosts various plants in summer and winter seasons. In winter seasons, they are known to hosts in ''
Prunus
''Prunus'' is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes (among many others) the fruits plums, Cherry, cherries, peaches, Peach#Nectarine, nectarines, apricots, and almonds.
Native to the North American temperate regions, the neotropics of Sou ...
'' sp. such as, ''
Prunus domestica
''Prunus domestica'', the European plum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. A deciduous tree, it includes many varieties of the fruit trees known as plums in English, though not all plums belong to this species. The greengag ...
'', ''
Prunus spinosa
''Prunus spinosa'', called blackthorn or sloe, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae. The species is native to Europe, western Asia, and regionally in northwest Africa. It is locally naturalized in New Zealand, Tasmania, ...
'', ''
Prunus padus'', and ''
Prunus cerasifera
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''Prunus cerasifera'' is a species of plum known by the common names cherry plum and myrobalan plum.[Humulus lupulus
''Humulus lupulus'', the common hop or hops, is a species of flowering plant in the hemp family Cannabinaceae, native to Europe, western Asia and North America. It is a perennial, herbaceous climbing plant which sends up new shoots in early s ...]
'', ''
Humulus japonicus'', and ''
Urtica dioica
''Urtica dioica'', often known as common nettle, burn nettle, stinging nettle (although not all plants of this species sting) or nettle leaf, or just a nettle or stinger, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Urticaceae. Ori ...
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References
External links
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Uvm.eduRevistas.inia.esBugguide.netAnimaldiversity.org
Hemiptera of Asia
Macrosiphini
Agricultural pest insects
Humulus
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