Pea aphid
Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris, 1776)
Status not recordedinsects
The pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) is a species in the family Aphididae, order Hemiptera.
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Quick facts about the pea aphid
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
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- 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 pea aphid live?
Not recorded
Is the pea 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 pea aphid classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera
- familyAphididae
- genusAcyrthosiphon
- SpeciesAcyrthosiphon pisum (Harris, 1776)
Synonyms Acyrthosiphon onobryche, Acyrtosiphon onobrychis, Amphorophora onobrychis, Aphis onobrichis, Aphis onobrychis, Aphis pisum
Other names and names in other languages (1)
- puceron du poisFrench
Relatives of the pea aphid
Other species in the same genus Acyrthosiphon.
Caragana aphid
Acyrthosiphon caraganae
Long-legged Serviceberry aphid
Acyrthosiphon macrosiphum
Geranium aphid
Acyrthosiphon malvae
ComparePea aphid vs Caragana aphidPea aphid vs Long-legged Serviceberry aphidPea aphid vs Geranium aphidPea aphid vs Acyrthosiphon argus
Common questions
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What kind of animal is the pea aphid?
The pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) 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
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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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