Idiopterus nephrelepidis
Idiopterus nephrelepidis, commonly known as the black fern aphid, is a species of aphid insect that feeds on various species of fern. It is the type species of the genus Idiopterus.[1]
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Likely to have originated in the neotropics, it has spread right across Europe, though is only found indoors in Central and Northern Europe,[1] New Zealand,[2] and North America.[3]
Notes
- Heie, Ole E. (1993). The Aphidoidea (Hemiptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. V, Family Aphididae, Part 2 of Tribe Macrosiphini of Subfamily Aphidinae. BRILL. p. 83.
- Martin, N. A. (2017). "Black fern aphid - Idiopterus nephrelepidis". Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- Robinson, A. G. (1966). "Review of the Fern Aphids in North America With Descriptions of a New Species and a New Genus". The Canadian Entomologist. 98 (12): 1252–59. doi:10.4039/Ent981252-12.
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