Macrosiphum albifrons Essig, 1911
(Lupin Aphid)

Interactions where Macrosiphum albifrons is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
(densely colonial) densely colonial sucks sap of live shoot (young) Restricted Lupinus lupins Fabales: Fabaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) albifrons/Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) albifronslupin aphiddensely colonial Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lupinus/Lupinuslupinsliveshoot (young)Sole (early spring-)
(densely colonial) densely colonial sucks sap of live flower spike Restricted Lupinus lupins Fabales: Fabaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) albifrons/Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) albifronslupin aphiddensely colonial Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lupinus/Lupinuslupinsliveflower spikeSole (early spring-)
(densely colonial) densely colonial sucks sap of live crown Restricted Lupinus lupins Fabales: Fabaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) albifrons/Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) albifronslupin aphiddensely colonial Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lupinus/LupinuslupinslivecrownSole (winter)

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

Macrosiphum albifrons (Lupin Aphid) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Macrosiphum albifrons (Lupin Aphid) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMacrosiphum albifrons (Lupin Aphid)
GenusMacrosiphum (a genus of pahids)
TribeMacrosiphini (a tribe of aphids)
SubfamilyAPHIDINAE (a subfamily of aphids)
FamilyAPHIDIDAE (greenfly)
SuperfamilyAPHIDOIDEA (aphids)
SuborderSTERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Macrosiphum albifrons (Lupin Aphid)

Macrosiphum albifrons (Lupin Aphid) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Macrosiphum albifrons (Lupin Aphid):

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