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Palm aphid

Cerataphis brasiliensis (Hempel, 1901)

Status not recordedinsects

The palm aphid (Cerataphis brasiliensis) is a species in the family Aphididae, order Hemiptera.

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Quick facts about the palm 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 palm aphid live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. France
  2. Spain
  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 palm 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 palm aphid classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyAphididae
  6. genusCerataphis
  7. SpeciesCerataphis brasiliensis (Hempel, 1901)

Synonyms Astegopteryx fransseni, Astegopteryx kepongensis, Cerataphis brasilensis, Cerataphis lantaniae, Cerataphis variabilis, Ceratovacuna brasiliensis

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • 巴西蝨蚜Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the palm aphid

Other species in the same genus Cerataphis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the palm aphid an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the palm aphid?

The palm aphid (Cerataphis brasiliensis) 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). Palm aphid (Cerataphis brasiliensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/palm-aphid

MLA

“Palm aphid (Cerataphis brasiliensis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/palm-aphid.

BibTeX
@misc{palm_aphid_2026,
  title = {Palm aphid (Cerataphis brasiliensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/palm-aphid},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}