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COTTON APHID FACTS |
Identification
The Cotton Aphid, an introduced species, is a major pest of cotton and other crops, and also a common garden pest. The aphid varies in colour and may be light green, dark green, pale yellow or almost white. It is often light green mottled with darker green, with dark siphunculi (the tubes on the abdomen). Winged alates have black head, thorax and siphunculi.
Size
length 1mm - 2mm
Food
The Cotton Aphid is a pest of various horticultural and garden plants berries, citrus, cotton, fruit, vegetables and various ornamentals.
Classification
| Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Hemiptera | | Family: | Aphididae | | Genus: | Aphis | | Species: | gossypii | | Common Name: | Cotton Aphid |
Relatives in same Genus
Milkweed Aphid (A. nerii)
Aphid (A. unknown species)
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