Species Cerataphis orchidearum (Westwood, 1879)
Orchid Aphid
- Asterolecanium orchidearum Westwood, J.O. 1879. The fimbriated scale. Gardeners' Chronicle (London) 2 12: 796.
Type data:
Status unknown, Eire, Dublin orchid house?.
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Also Pacific.
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
Afrotropical Region
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales
Neotropical Region
Oriental Region
Palaearctic Region
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder (associated flora: Dendrobium ?gracicaule F.Muell. [ORCHIDACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
Dendrobium gracilicorne (assumed to be error for D. gracicaule) (from Eastop, V.F. 1966. A taxonomic study of Australian Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 399–592: 533) in Australia; elsewhere various orchids.
General References
Eastop, V.F. 1966. A taxonomic study of Australian Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 399-592 [533]
Noordam, D. 1991. Hormaphidinae from Java (Homoptera: Aphididae). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 270: 1-525 [116]
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] (Orchid Aphid)