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Drepanosiphum platanoidis (Shrank) (Sycamore Aphid)

Suggested Literature

Drepanosiphum platanoidis may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
HOMOPTERA
(bugs)
APHIDOIDEA
(aphids)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Drepanosiphum platanoidis is associated with:

Photos Acer pseudoplatanus - Sycamore, Great Maple (Aceraceae) hypophyllous sucks sap of live leaf Major Rotheray, G.E., 1989 [only breeds in spring and late summer/autumn]

Associated with Drepanosiphum platanoidis:

honeydew honeydew honeydew may support effuse, epiphyllous colony of Aureobasidium dematiaceous anamorph Aureobasidium pullulans - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Dothideales: Dothioraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos honeydew honeydew honeydew may support effuse anamorph colony Cladosporium - a genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Drepanosiphum platanoidis may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
HOMOPTERA
(bugs)
APHIDOIDEA
(aphids)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Rotheray, G.E., 1989 Aphid Predators

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