Pemphigus spyrothecae Passerini, 1860
(Spiral Gall Aphid)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPemphigus spyrothecae (Spiral Gall Aphid)
GenusPemphigus (a genus of galling aphids)
FamilyAPHIDIDAE (greenfly)
SuperfamilyAPHIDOIDEA (aphids)
SuborderSTERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Pemphigus spyrothecae (Spiral Gall Aphid) :
1: Pemphigus spyrothecae (Spiral Gall Aphid)
18 Sep 2018 OSGR: SZ09 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
abundant bright red spiral galls on poplar petioles
Image 1: Galls - white backgroundImage 2: Gall - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Gall - close-up - enlarged - white background (2)
2: Pemphigus spyrothecae (Spiral Gall Aphid)
2 Aug 2007 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Spiral galls on petioles of Lombardy Poplar
Image 1: Gall - cut open - pale backgroundImage 2: Leaf spray with galled petiole - top surface - pale backgroundImage 3: Leaf spray with galled petiole - top surface - pale background (2)Image 4: Leaf spray with galled petiole - top surface - pale background (3)Image 5: Leaf spray with galled petiole - top surface - pale background (4)Image 6: Leaf spray with galled petiole - top surface - pale background (5)Image 7: Leaf spray with galled petiole - under surface - pale backgroundImage 8: Leaf spray with galled petiole - under surface - pale background (2)Image 9: Leaf spray with galled petiole - under surface - pale background (3)Image 10: Leaf spray with galled petiole - under surface - pale background (4)Image 11: Leaf spray with galled petiole - under surface - pale background (5)Image 12: Leaf spray with two galled petioles - top surface - pale backgroundImage 13: Leaf spray with two galled petioles - top surface - pale background (2)Image 14: Leaf spray with two galled petioles - under surface - pale backgroundImage 15: Leaf spray with two galled petioles - under surface - pale background (2)Image 16: Leaves with galled petioles - pale backgroundImage 17: Leaves with galled petioles - top surfaces - pale backgroundImage 18: Leaves with galled petioles - top surfaces - pale background (2)Image 19: Leaves with galled petioles - top surfaces - pale background (3)Image 20: Leaves with galled petioles - top surfaces - pale background (4)Image 21: Leaves with galled petioles - under surfaces - pale backgroundImage 22: Alate - dorso-lateral view - highly enlargedImage 23: Alate - dorso-lateral view - highly enlarged (2)Image 24: Alate - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 25: Alate - lateral view - highly enlarged (2)Image 26: Alate - latero-dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 27: Gall - close-up - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 28: Gall - close-up - enlarged - pale background (2)Image 29: Gall - close-up - enlarged - pale background (3)Image 30: Galls - close-up - enlarged - pale background

Pemphigus spyrothecae (Spiral Gall Aphid) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pemphigus spyrothecae (Spiral Gall Aphid)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pemphigus spyrothecae (Spiral Gall Aphid)
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