Macrosiphum rosae

Rose aphid
Macrosiphum rosae on a rose bud
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Aphididae
Genus: Macrosiphum
Species:
M. rosae
Binomial name
Macrosiphum rosae
Synonyms

Macrosiphum rosae, the rose aphid, is a species of sap-sucking aphids in the subfamily Aphidinae.[1][2] They have a world-wide distribution and infest rosebushes as the main host in spring and early summer, congregating on the tips of shoots and around new buds. Later in the summer, winged forms move to other rose bushes, or to a limited number of secondary hosts, before returning to rosebushes to lay eggs in the autumn.

  1. ^ "Macrosiphum rosae". Pherobase. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  2. ^ Bowers, W.S.; Nault, L.R.; Webb, R.E.; Dutky, S.R. (1972). "Aphid alarm pheromone: isolation, identification, synthesis". Science. 177 (4054): 1121–1122. doi:10.1126/science.177.4054.1121. PMID 17840606.