Species Aphis (Aphis) craccivora Koch, 1854
Cowpea Aphid
- Aphis craccivora Koch, C.L. 1854. Die Pflanzenläuse Aphiden, getreu nach dem leben abgebildet und beschrieben. Nürnberg : J.L. Lotzbeck Vol. 1–4 1-134 pp. [124].
Type data:
Syntype(s) al. and apt. females (in original description), Germany.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Also Pacific.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), 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), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Western Australia
- New Zealand
Nearctic Region
Neotropical Region
Oriental Region
Palaearctic Region
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder (associated flora: Portulaca oleracea Linnaeus [PORTULACACEAE]; Tribulus sp. [ZYGOPHYLLACEAE]; Grevillea alpina Lindl. [PROTEACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
Mainly on Leguminosae, but Australian specimens also recorded from Grevillea alpina and other species listed above.
General References
Eastop, V.F. 1966. A taxonomic study of Australian Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 399-592 [480]
Remaudière, G. & Remaudière, M. 1997. Catalogue des Aphididae du monde. Paris : INRA 473 + [3] pp. [33] (list 21 species-group synonyms)
Common Name References
Naumann, I. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Australian Insect Names. Common and Scientific Names for Insects and Allied Organisms of Economic and Environmental Importance. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications v 200 pp. [Date published 31/12/1993] [146] (Cowpea Aphid)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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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 |