Calaphis flava

Calaphis flava
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Aphididae
Genus: Calaphis
Species:
C. flava
Binomial name
Calaphis flava
Mordvilko, 1928

Calaphis flava is an aphid species that was first described by Alexander Mordvilko in 1928.

Description

Individuals are either green or yellow. Winged individuals and females that produce eggs are present from September to November and have a dark head and thorax with dark stripes on the abdomen. The body length of imagines ranges between 1,9-2,7mm.

Habitat and distribution

The aphid inhabits birch trees, predominantly Betula pubescens, across Europe, Asia, South Africa, Australia, and North America. They prefer feeding on young leaves.

Life cycle

The species reproduces parthogenically as well as sexually.

Parasitization

There are four species of parasitoids which parasitize Calaphis flava.

References

  1. ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2026-05-24.
  2. 1 2 3 "Calaphis flava (Yellow dark-veined birch aphid): identification, images, ecology, control". influentialpoints.com. Retrieved 2026-05-24.
  3. ↑ "Plant Parasites of Europe".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ "A survey of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Southeastern Europe and their aphid-plant associations". Applied Entomology and Zoology: 558. August 2004 – via ResearchGate.