Species Therioaphis (Therioaphis) trifolii (Monell, 1882)

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• Callipterus trifolii Monell, J. 1882. Notes on Aphididae. The Canadian Entomologist 14: 13-16 [14].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) apt. and al. (in original description), USA.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), 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), 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), 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
  • Victoria
  • Western Australia
• New Zealand

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Medicago sativa Linnaeus [FABACEAE]).

 

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. [352]

Carver, M. 1978. The scientific nomenclature of the Spotted Alfalfa Aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 17: 287-288

Remaudière, G. & Remaudière, M. 1997. Catalogue des Aphididae du monde. Paris : INRA 473 + [3] pp. [225] (list five species-group synonyms)

Sunnucks, P., Driver, F., Brown, W.V., Carver, M., Hales, D.F. & Milne, W.M. 1997. Biological and genetic characterization of morphologically similar Therioaphis trifolii (Monell) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) with different host utilization. Bulletin of Entomological Research 87: 425-436

 

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] [148] (Spotted Alfalfa Aphid)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
24-Oct-2022	APHIDIDAE	24-Oct-2022	MOVED
07-Nov-2019	APHIDIDAE	07-Nov-2019	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018	APHIDIDAE	24-Oct-2022	MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012		24-Oct-2022	MODIFIED
		24-Oct-2022	MODIFIED