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Lettuce aphid

Pemphigus bursarius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedinsects

The lettuce aphid (Pemphigus bursarius) is a species in the family Aphididae, order Hemiptera.

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Quick facts about the lettuce aphid

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
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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 lettuce aphid live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the lettuce aphid as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Australia
  2. Estonia
  3. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the lettuce 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 lettuce aphid classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyAphididae
  6. genusPemphigus
  7. SpeciesPemphigus bursarius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Aphis bursaria, Aphis populi nigrae, Byrsocrypta pyriformis, Byrsocrypta spiriformis, Chermes bursarius, Eriosoma lactucae, Eriosoma populi, Pemphigus burserus, Pemphigus glandiformis, Pemphigus lactucae, Pemphigus piriformis, Pemphigus pyriformis, Rhizobius lactucae, Rhizobius lactucael, Rhizobius pilosellae, Rhizobius sonchi, Rhyzobius sonchi, Rizobius sonchi

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Lettuce root aphidEnglish
  • Poplar-lettuce aphidEnglish
  • puceron (des racines) maraichèresFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the lettuce aphid

Other species in the same genus Pemphigus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the lettuce aphid an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the lettuce aphid as introduced in 3 countries: Australia, Estonia and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the lettuce aphid?

The lettuce aphid (Pemphigus bursarius) belongs to the family Aphididae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Lettuce aphid (Pemphigus bursarius). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/lettuce-aphid

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“Lettuce aphid (Pemphigus bursarius).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/lettuce-aphid.

BibTeX
@misc{lettuce_aphid_2026,
  title = {Lettuce aphid (Pemphigus bursarius)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/lettuce-aphid},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}