Duckweed aphid

Weight

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Length

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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

Not recorded

Conservation status

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Countries on record

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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.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumArthropoda
3. classInsecta
4. orderHemiptera
5. familyAphididae
6. genusRhopalosiphum
7. SpeciesRhopalosiphum nymphaeae (Linnaeus, 1761)

Synonyms Aphid nymphaeae, Aphis acuaticus, Aphis aquaticus, Aphis butomi, Aphis infuscata, Aphis nymphäae, Aphis nymphaeae, Aphis nympheae, Aphis plantarus, Aphis prunaria, Aphis prunorum, Eucarazzia najadum, Hyadaphis spargani, Hyadaphis sparganii, Nymphaeifex butomi, Nymphaeifex nympheae, Rhopalosiphon nymphaea, Rhopalosiphon nymphaeae, Rhopalosiphon nyphaeae, Rhopalosiphum alismae, Rhopalosiphum alismane, Rhopalosiphum infuscatum, Rhopalosiphum momo, Rhopalosiphum naiadum, Rhopalosiphum najadum, Rhopalosiphum nimphaeae, Rhopalosiphum nymphaea, Rhopalosiphum nympheae, Rhopalosiphum nympheas, Rhopalosiphum plantarum-aquaticum, Rhopalosiphum plantarumaquaticum, Rhopalosiphum yoksumi, Siphocoryne nymphaeae, Siphonaphis nymphaeae, Siphonaphis nympheae

Catalogue of Life

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@misc{duckweed_aphid_2026,
  title = {Duckweed aphid (Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/duckweed-aphid},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}