Apple grain aphid
Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae (Schrank, 1801)
Status not recordedinsects
The apple grain aphid (Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae) is a species in the family Aphididae, order Hemiptera.
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Quick facts about the apple grain aphid
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the apple grain aphid live?
Not recorded
Is the apple grain aphid endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the apple grain aphid classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera
- familyAphididae
- genusRhopalosiphum
- SpeciesRhopalosiphum oxyacanthae (Schrank, 1801)
Synonyms Aphis bivincta, Aphis crataegella, Aphis crataegi, Aphis edentula, Aphis fitchii, Aphis fulviventris, Aphis immaculata, Aphis inserta, Aphis macatata, Aphis mactata, Aphis nigricollis, Aphis nigriventris, Aphis obsoleta, Aphis oxyacanthae, Aphis pallidicornis, Aphis pomi, Aphis tergata, Aphis thoracica, Aphis triseriata, Doralis crataegaria, Doralis pomi, Myzus oxyacanthae, Oxyacanthaphis oxyacanthae, Rhopalosiphon crataegellus, Rhopalosiphon inserta, Rhopalosiphon oxyacanthae, Rhopalosiphum crataegella, Rhopalosiphum insertum, Rhopalosiphum viridis, Siphonaphis fitchii
Other names and names in other languages (4)
- ÆbleknopbladlusDanish
- puceron des graminéesFrench
- Appel-grasluisDutch
- Тля яблонная семечковаяRussian
Relatives of the apple grain aphid
Other species in the same genus Rhopalosiphum.
Cereal aphid
Rhopalosiphum padi
Maize-aphid
Rhopalosiphum maidis
Black citrus aphid
Toxoptera aurantii
Duckweed aphid
Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae
Rice root aphid
Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominale
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the apple grain aphid?
The apple grain aphid (Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae) belongs to the family Aphididae in the order Hemiptera.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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