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Pea Aphid
Mihajlo Tomić, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

True bugs, cicadas & leafhoppers

Pea Aphid

Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris, 1776)

Names

EnglishPea Aphid
DutchErwtenbladluis
SpanishPulgón verde del chícharo
Chinese豌豆蚜
Scientific nameAcyrthosiphon pisum (Harris, 1776)

About this species

Acyrthosiphon pisum, commonly known as the pea aphid (and colloquially known as the green dolphin, pea louse, and clover louse), is a sap-sucking insect in the family Aphididae. It feeds on several species of legumes (plant family Fabaceae) worldwide, including forage crops, such as pea, clover, alfalfa, and broad bean, and ranks among the aphid species of major agronomical importance. The pea aphid is a model organism for biological study whose genome has been sequenced and annotated.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHemiptera
FamilyAphididae
GenusAcyrthosiphon

In Suriname

1Records in Suriname
2017First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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