Rhopalosiphum padi

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Bird cherry-oat aphid
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R. padi
Binomial name
Rhopalosiphum padi
(Linnaeus, 1758)

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The Bird cherry-oat aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi) is an aphid in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. It is a true bug and sucks sap from plants.[1]

Host plants

As the name suggests, the primary host is Prunus padus, the Bird cherry. In addition to that, the aphid's secondary hosts are maize, barley, oats and wheat like Gramineae members.

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