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Wooly apple aphid

Eriosoma lanigerum (Hausmann, 1802)

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The wooly apple aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum) is a species in the family Aphididae, order Hemiptera.

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Quick facts about the wooly apple aphid

Weight
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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
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Where does the wooly apple aphid live?

Not recorded

Is the wooly apple 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 wooly apple aphid classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyAphididae
  6. genusEriosoma
  7. SpeciesEriosoma lanigerum (Hausmann, 1802)

Synonyms Aphis lanata, Aphis laniger, Aphis lanigera, Coccus mali, Eriosoma laniger, Eriosoma mali, Eriosoma pyri, Erisoma lanigerum, Erisoma mali, Lachnaphis lanigera, Lachnus laniger, Myzoxylus laniger, Myzoxylus mali, Schizoneura lanigera, Schizonevra lanigera

Other names and names in other languages (18)
  • Woolly apple aphidEnglish
  • AppelluisAfrikaans
  • من التفاح الصوفيArabic
  • vlnatka krvaváCzech
  • BlodlusDanish
  • Apfel-BlutlausGerman
  • Pulgón lanígero del manzanoSpanish
  • puceron lanigère du pommierFrench
  • VértetűHungarian
  • Afide lanigero del meloItalian
  • リンゴワタムシJapanese
  • 사과면충Korean
  • AppelbloedluisDutch
  • Bawełnica korówkaPolish
  • Тля кровянаяRussian
  • vlnačka krvaváSlovak
  • Elma PamuklubitiTurkish
  • BlutlausGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the wooly apple aphid

Other species in the same genus Eriosoma.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the wooly apple aphid?

The wooly apple aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum) belongs to the family Aphididae in the order Hemiptera.

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Wooly apple aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/wooly-apple-aphid

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“Wooly apple aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/wooly-apple-aphid.

BibTeX
@misc{wooly_apple_aphid_2026,
  title = {Wooly apple aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/wooly-apple-aphid},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}