Species Aphis (Aphis) chloris Koch, 1854

Museums

Regional Maps

• Aphis chloris Koch, C.L. 1854. Die Pflanzenläuse Aphiden, getreu nach dem leben abgebildet und beschrieben. Nürnberg : J.L. Lotzbeck Vol. 1–4 1-134 pp. [91].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) apt. vivip. females and larvae, ?Germany.

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Record in BMNH collection; introduced for the control of Hypericum perforatum.

Introduced from Europe.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

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

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales
  • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Hypericum perforatum L. [CLUSIACEAE]).

 

General References

Briese, D.T. & Jupp, P.W. 1995. Establishment, spread and initial impact of Aphis chloris Koch (Hemiptera: Aphididae), introduced into Australia for the biological control of St John's Wort. Biocontrol Science and Technology 5: 271-285

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
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