Aspidaphis adjuvans (Walker, 1848)
(an aphid)

Interactions where Aspidaphis adjuvans 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 leaf Polygonum aviculare Knotgrass Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Aspidaphis adjuvans/Aspidaphis adjuvansan aphid Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Polygonum aviculare/Polygonum aviculareknotgrassleaf
causes gall of shoot tip Polygonum aviculare Knotgrass Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Aspidaphis adjuvans/Aspidaphis adjuvansan aphid Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Polygonum aviculare/Polygonum aviculareknotgrassshoot tip

Author & YearTitleSource
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Aspidaphis adjuvans (an aphid) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Aspidaphis adjuvans (an aphid) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAspidaphis adjuvans (an aphid)
GenusAspidaphis (a genus 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 Aspidaphis adjuvans (an aphid)

Aspidaphis adjuvans (an aphid) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Aspidaphis adjuvans (an aphid):

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