Pemphigus spyrothecae Passerini, 1860
(Spiral Gall Aphid)

Interactions where Pemphigus spyrothecae is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
causes gall of spiral-shaped gall leaf (petiole) Populus poplars Malpighiales: Salicaceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae/Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaespiral gall aphid Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus/Populuspoplarsspiral-shaped gallleaf (petiole) (spring)
causes gall of spiral-shaped gall leaf (petiole) Populus nigra ’Italica’ Lombardy-poplar, Female Lombardy Poplar Malpighiales: Salicaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae/Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaespiral gall aphid Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra 'Italica'/Populus nigra 'Italica'Lombardy-poplar, female Lombardy poplarspiral-shaped gallleaf (petiole) (spring)
causes gall of spiral-shaped gall leaf (petiole) Foreign Populus nigra x laurifolia = P. x berolinensis berlin poplar Malpighiales: Salicaceae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae/Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaespiral gall aphid Foodplant / gallForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra x laurifolia = P. x berolinensis/Populus nigra x laurifolia = P. x berolinensisberlin poplarspiral-shaped gallleaf (petiole) (spring)

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Fjelddalen, J., 1964Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962Norsk. Ent. Tidskr. 12: 259-295.
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Pemphigus spyrothecae (Spiral Gall Aphid) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Pemphigus spyrothecae (Spiral Gall Aphid) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPemphigus spyrothecae (Spiral Gall Aphid)
GenusPemphigus (a genus of galling aphids)
FamilyAPHIDIDAE (greenfly)
SuperfamilyAPHIDOIDEA (aphids)
SuborderSTERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pemphigus spyrothecae (Spiral Gall Aphid)

Pemphigus spyrothecae (Spiral Gall Aphid) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cook, P.J. 2005 Pemphigus spirothecae galls on Black Poplar BSBI News No 100: 14-15.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Pemphigus spyrothecae (Spiral Gall Aphid):

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