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Corn leaf aphid

Rhopalosiphum maidis
Rhopalosiphum maidis from CSIRO.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Aphididae
Genus: Rhopalosiphum
Species: R. maidis
Binomial name
Rhopalosiphum maidis
(Fitch, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Aphis maidis Fitch, 1856

Rhopalosiphum maidis, common names corn leaf aphid and corn aphid, is an insect, and a pest of maize and other crops. It has a nearly worldwide distribution.


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