leafcurl ash aphid, Meliarhizophagus fraxinifolii (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

leafcurl ash aphid
Meliarhizophagus fraxinifolii (Riley)

Descriptor: Infestation
Description: Wooly ash aphids on underside of curled American ash leaf (Frazinus americana). The aphid colony has been largely parasitized by Aphelinus sp. Note the black aphid "mummies."
Image type: Field
Image location: United States

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Name: Albert (Bud) Mayfield
Organization: USDA Forest Service
Country: United States

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Subject: leafcurl ash aphid
Genus: Meliarhizophagus
Family: Aphididae
Order: Hemiptera
Class: Hexapoda (including Insecta)
Photographer: Albert (Bud) Mayfield
Organization: USDA Forest Service
Area: Forestry - Hardwood

Image Number: 2109072

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Node Affiliation: Bugwood - UGA

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Image uploaded on Saturday, October 15, 2005
Image Information last updated on Monday, May 23, 2011