Chaitophorus leucomelas Koch, 1854
(a hairy aphid)

Interactions where Chaitophorus leucomelas 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
colony		colony is associated with old gall			Pemphigus	a genus of galling aphids	Hemiptera: Aphididae	Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus leucomelas/	Chaitophorus leucomelas	a hairy aphid				colony	Animal / associate			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Pemphigus/	Pemphigus	a genus of galling aphids		old	gall
colony		colony is associated with old gall			Thecabius affinis	an aphid	Hemiptera: Aphididae	Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus leucomelas/	Chaitophorus leucomelas	a hairy aphid				colony	Animal / associate			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Thecabius (Thecabius) affinis/	Thecabius (Thecabius) affinis	an aphid		old	gall
colony		colony sucks sap of live shoot (young)			Populus	poplars	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus leucomelas/	Chaitophorus leucomelas	a hairy aphid				colony	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus/	Populus	poplars		live	shoot (young)		Minor
colony (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous colony sucks sap of live leaf			Populus	poplars	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus leucomelas/	Chaitophorus leucomelas	a hairy aphid		hypophyllous		colony	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus/	Populus	poplars		live	leaf		Minor
colony		colony sucks sap of live shoot (young)			Populus nigra	Black-poplar	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus leucomelas/	Chaitophorus leucomelas	a hairy aphid				colony	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar		live	shoot (young)		Major
colony (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous colony sucks sap of live leaf			Populus nigra	Black-poplar	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus leucomelas/	Chaitophorus leucomelas	a hairy aphid		hypophyllous		colony	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar		live	leaf		Major
colony		colony sucks sap of live shoot (young)			Populus nigra ’Italica’	Lombardy-poplar, Female Lombardy Poplar	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus leucomelas/	Chaitophorus leucomelas	a hairy aphid				colony	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra 'Italica'/	Populus nigra 'Italica'	Lombardy-poplar, female Lombardy poplar		live	shoot (young)		Major
colony (hypophyllous)		hypophyllous colony sucks sap of live leaf			Populus nigra ’Italica’	Lombardy-poplar, Female Lombardy Poplar	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus leucomelas/	Chaitophorus leucomelas	a hairy aphid		hypophyllous		colony	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra 'Italica'/	Populus nigra 'Italica'	Lombardy-poplar, female Lombardy poplar		live	leaf		Major

Author & Year	Title	Source
Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977	Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 2, Part 4(a), 130pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Chaitophorus leucomelas (a hairy aphid) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

INSECTA
(true insects)

Chaitophorus leucomelas (a hairy aphid) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

APHIDIDAE
(greenfly)

APHIDOIDEA
(aphids)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Chaitophorus leucomelas (a hairy aphid)
Genus	Chaitophorus (a genus of hairy aphids)
Subfamily	CHAITOPHORINAE (hairy aphids)
Family	APHIDIDAE (greenfly)
Superfamily	APHIDOIDEA (aphids)
Suborder	STERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
Order	HEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division	Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Chaitophorus leucomelas is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chaitophorus leucomelas (a hairy aphid)

Chaitophorus leucomelas (a hairy aphid) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CHAITOPHORINAE
(hairy aphids)

APHIDIDAE
(greenfly)

APHIDOIDEA
(aphids)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Chaitophorus leucomelas (a hairy aphid):

CHAITOPHORINAE
(hairy aphids)

APHIDIDAE
(greenfly)

APHIDOIDEA
(aphids)

STERNORRHYNCHA
(a suborder of bugs)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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