Subfamily
Eriosomatinae (Woolly aphids and gall-making aphids)
Prociphilus tessellatus. Photo: (c) Judy Gallagher, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Woolly aphids (subfamily: Eriosomatinae) are sucking insects that live on plant fluids and produce a filamentous waxy white covering which resembles cotton or wool. The adults are winged and move to new locations where they lay egg masses. The nymphs often form large cottony masses on twigs, for protection from predators. They occur throughout the Northern Hemisphere.
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Humboldt Life
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Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
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Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
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Class: Insecta (Insects)
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Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
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Order: Hemiptera (True bugs, hoppers, aphids, and allies)
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Suborder: Sternorrhyncha (Plant-parasitic hemipterans)
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Infraorder: Aphidomorpha (Aphids and allies)
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Superfamily: Aphidoidea
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Family: Aphididae (Aphids)
- Subfamily: Eriosomatinae (Woolly aphids and gall-making aphids)
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Family: Aphididae (Aphids)
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Superfamily: Aphidoidea
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Infraorder: Aphidomorpha (Aphids and allies)
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Suborder: Sternorrhyncha (Plant-parasitic hemipterans)
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Order: Hemiptera (True bugs, hoppers, aphids, and allies)
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Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
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Class: Insecta (Insects)
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Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
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Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
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Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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