Lime aphid
Eucallipterus tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Status not recordedinsects
The lime aphid (Eucallipterus tiliae) is a species in the family Aphididae, order Hemiptera.
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Quick facts about the lime 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 lime aphid live?
Not recorded
Is the lime 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 lime aphid classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera
- familyAphididae
- genusEucallipterus
- SpeciesEucallipterus tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms Aphis tiliae, Callipterus tilia, Callipterus tiliae, Myzocallis tiliae, Philyriptus tiliae, Pterocallis tiliae, Therioaphis tiliae
Other names and names in other languages (15)
- Lime leaf aphidEnglish
- Linden aphidEnglish
- zdobnatka lipováCzech
- LindelusDanish
- LindenzierlausGerman
- lehmuskirvaFinnish
- Puceron du TilleulFrench
- Liepinis AmarasLithuanian
- Bonte lindebladluisDutch
- Zdobniczka lipowaPolish
- Тля липоваяRussian
- stromárka lipováSlovak
- lindbladlusSwedish
- LindebladlusDanish
- Linden-BlattlausGerman
Relatives of the lime aphid
Other species in the same genus Eucallipterus.
CompareLime aphid vs Eucallipterus tiliae-nigropunctataLime aphid vs Eucallipterus tiliaenigropunctataLime aphid vs Eucallipterus tilicola
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the lime aphid?
The lime aphid (Eucallipterus tiliae) 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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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits · CC BY 4.0 · v1
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
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - EltonTraits 1.0: species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals · CC0 1.0 · 1.0
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
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
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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