Species Aphis (Bursaphis) oenotherae Oestlund, 1887

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Species Aphis (Bursaphis) oenotherae Oestlund, 1887

Evening-primrose Aphid

Aphis oenotherae Oestlund, O.W. 1887. Synopsis of the Aphididae of Minnesota. Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota 4: 1-100 [62].
Type data:
Syntype(s) UMN, USA, Minnesota.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Listed by www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/name for NSW.

Introduced from Hawaii.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales
Hawaii

Nearctic Region

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Oenothera affinis Cambess. [ONAGRACEAE]; Epilobium spp. [ONAGRACEAE]; Oenothera spp. Cambess. [ONAGRACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Oenothera affinis in NSW; in N. America alternates between Ribes spp. and Epilobium spp.; Oenothera spp. in Europe.

General References

Blackman, R.L. & Eastop, V.F. 2000. Aphids on the World's Crops. An Identification and Information Guide. Chichester : Wiley x, 466 pp. [235]

Eastop, V.F. 1966. A taxonomic study of Australian Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 399-592 [478]

Hales, D.F., Foottit, R.G. & Maw, E. 2014. Endemic aphids Aphis carverae sp. nov. and Casimira canberrae (Eastop, 1961) on Epilobium (Onagraceae) threatened by introduced Aphis oenotherae Oestlund, 1887 (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Aphidinae). Austral Entomology (feeding on Epilobium species this may be a threat to native aphids)

Remaudière, G. & Remaudière, M. 1997. Catalogue des Aphididae du monde. Paris : INRA 473 + [3] pp. [52] (list six species-group synonyms)

Common Name References

CSIRO 2005. Australian Insect Common Names. www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/name. (Evening-primrose Aphid)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type
07-Nov-2019	APHIDIDAE	07-Nov-2019	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018	APHIDIDAE	04-Oct-2019	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018	Aphidinae	07-Nov-2019	MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012		07-Nov-2019	MODIFIED
		07-Nov-2019	MODIFIED

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