Rhopalosiphum padi (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Bird-cherry Aphid, Bird Cherry-oat Aphid)

Interactions where Rhopalosiphum padi is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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 swelling of curled leaf Prunus plums, cherries and laurels, planted cherry Rosales: Rosaceae Aphid Predators, Rotheray, G.E., 1989
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Rhopalosiphum padi/Rhopalosiphum padibird-cherry aphid, bird cherry-oat aphid Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus/Prunusplums, cherries and laurels, planted cherrycurledleaf
fundatrigenia fundatrigenia causes gall of curled down towards midrib leaf Prunus padus Bird Cherry Rosales: Rosaceae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Rhopalosiphum padi/Rhopalosiphum padibird-cherry aphid, bird cherry-oat aphidfundatrigenia Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus padus/Prunus padusbird cherrycurled down towards midribleaf
fundatrix fundatrix causes gall of curled down towards midrib leaf Prunus padus Bird Cherry Rosales: Rosaceae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Rhopalosiphum padi/Rhopalosiphum padibird-cherry aphid, bird cherry-oat aphidfundatrix Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus padus/Prunus padusbird cherrycurled down towards midribleaf
sucks sap of Foreign Prunus virginiana (Choke Cherry) Rosales: Rosaceae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Rhopalosiphum padi/Rhopalosiphum padibird-cherry aphid, bird cherry-oat aphid Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus virginiana/Prunus virginiana(choke cherry)
causes swelling of curled leaf [Fruit trees] fruit-bearing trees Aphid Predators, Rotheray, G.E., 1989
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Rhopalosiphum padi/Rhopalosiphum padibird-cherry aphid, bird cherry-oat aphid Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fruit trees/Fruit treesfruit-bearing treescurledleaf
sucks sap of Foreign Leymus arenarius Lyme-grass Poales: Poaceae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Rhopalosiphum padi/Rhopalosiphum padibird-cherry aphid, bird cherry-oat aphid Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Leymus arenarius/Leymus arenariuslyme-grass
sucks sap of Foreign Avena sativa Oat Poales: Poaceae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Rhopalosiphum padi/Rhopalosiphum padibird-cherry aphid, bird cherry-oat aphid Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Avena sativa/Avena sativaoat
sucks sap of Foreign Hordeum vulgare Six-rowed Barley Poales: Poaceae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Rhopalosiphum padi/Rhopalosiphum padibird-cherry aphid, bird cherry-oat aphid Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Hordeum vulgare/Hordeum vulgaresix-rowed barley
sucks sap of Foreign Triticum aestivum Bread Wheat Poales: Poaceae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Rhopalosiphum padi/Rhopalosiphum padibird-cherry aphid, bird cherry-oat aphid Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Triticum aestivum/Triticum aestivumbread wheat

Rhopalosiphum padi (Bird-cherry Aphid, Bird Cherry-oat Aphid) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Rhopalosiphum padi (Bird-cherry Aphid, Bird Cherry-oat Aphid) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Fjelddalen, J., 1964Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962Norsk. Ent. Tidskr. 12: 259-295.
Rotheray, G.E., 1989Aphid PredatorsNaturalists' Handbooks, 11, 77pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRhopalosiphum padi (Bird-cherry Aphid, Bird Cherry-oat Aphid)
GenusRhopalosiphum (a genus of aphids)
TribeAphidini (a tribe of aphids)
SubfamilyAPHIDINAE (a subfamily of 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 Rhopalosiphum padi (Bird-cherry Aphid, Bird Cherry-oat Aphid)

Rhopalosiphum padi (Bird-cherry Aphid, Bird Cherry-oat Aphid) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Rhopalosiphum padi (Bird-cherry Aphid, Bird Cherry-oat Aphid):

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