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Sycamore aphid

Drepanosiphum platanoidis (Schrank, 1801)

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The sycamore aphid (Drepanosiphum platanoidis) is a species in the family Aphididae, order Hemiptera.

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Quick facts about the sycamore aphid

Weight
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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
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Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the sycamore aphid live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the sycamore aphid as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Australia
  2. 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 sycamore 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 sycamore aphid classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyAphididae
  6. genusDrepanosiphum
  7. SpeciesDrepanosiphum platanoidis (Schrank, 1801)

Synonyms Aphis platanoides, Aphis platanoidis, Aphis pseudoplatani, Drepanasiphum platanoides, Drepanosiphon platanoides, Drepanosiphon platanoidis, Drepanosiphon smaragdinum, Drepanosiphon tiliae, Drepanosiphum califonicum, Drepanosiphum californicum, Drepanosiphum platanoides, Drepanosiphum platanoïdes, Drepanosiphum smaragdinum, Drepanosiphum tiliae, Platanaphis platanoidis, Siphonophora platanoides, Siphonophora platanoidis

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • stromovnice javorováCzech
  • AhornbladlusDanish
  • Ahorn-ZierlausGerman
  • Grote esdoornluisDutch
  • Zdobniczka jaworowaPolish
  • Тля явороваяRussian
  • stromárka javorováSlovak
  • lönnbladlusSwedish
  • Stor ahornbladlusDanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the sycamore aphid

Other species in the same genus Drepanosiphum.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the sycamore aphid an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the sycamore aphid as introduced in 2 countries: Australia and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the sycamore aphid?

The sycamore aphid (Drepanosiphum platanoidis) 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). Sycamore aphid (Drepanosiphum platanoidis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/sycamore-aphid

MLA

“Sycamore aphid (Drepanosiphum platanoidis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/sycamore-aphid.

BibTeX
@misc{sycamore_aphid_2026,
  title = {Sycamore aphid (Drepanosiphum platanoidis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sycamore-aphid},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}