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Cannabis aphid

Phorodon cannabis Passerini, 1860

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The cannabis aphid (Phorodon cannabis) is a species in the family Aphididae, order Hemiptera.

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Quick facts about the cannabis aphid

Weight
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Lifespan
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Main food
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Habitat
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Young per litter or clutch
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Conservation status
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Countries on record
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Where does the cannabis aphid live?

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Is the cannabis 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 cannabis aphid classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyAphididae
  6. genusPhorodon
  7. SpeciesPhorodon cannabis Passerini, 1860

Synonyms Capitophorus cannabifoliae, Diphorodon cannabis, Phorodon asacola, Phorodon cannabis, Phorodon humuli, Phorodon pruni

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cannabis aphid

Other species in the same genus Phorodon.

Hop aphid

Phorodon humuli

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the cannabis aphid?

The cannabis aphid (Phorodon cannabis) belongs to the family Aphididae in the order Hemiptera.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cannabis aphid (Phorodon cannabis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cannabis-aphid

MLA

“Cannabis aphid (Phorodon cannabis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cannabis-aphid.

BibTeX
@misc{cannabis_aphid_2026,
  title = {Cannabis aphid (Phorodon cannabis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cannabis-aphid},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}