Bean aphid
Aphis fabae Scopoli, 1763
Status not recordedinsects
The bean aphid (Aphis fabae) is a species in the family Aphididae, order Hemiptera.
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Quick facts about the bean 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 bean aphid live?
Not recorded
Is the bean 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 bean aphid classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera
- familyAphididae
- genusAphis
- SpeciesAphis fabae Scopoli, 1763
Synonyms Aphis fabae
Other names and names in other languages (3)
- Black bean aphidEnglish
- puceron du haricotFrench
- puceron noir des fèvesFrench
Relatives of the bean aphid
Other species in the same genus Aphis.
Melon aphid
Aphis gossypii
Apple aphid
Aphis pomi
Oleander aphid
Aphis nerii
Cowpea aphid
Aphis craccivora
Spirea aphid
Aphis spiraecola
Soybean aphid
Aphis glycines
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Common questions
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What kind of animal is the bean aphid?
The bean aphid (Aphis fabae) 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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Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
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Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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