Rhopalosiphum insertum (Walker, 1849)
(Apple-grass Aphid)

Interactions where Rhopalosiphum insertum 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
sucks sap of live leaf Malus pumila Apple Rosales: Rosaceae 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/Rhopalosiphum insertum/Rhopalosiphum insertumapple-grass aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus pumila/Malus pumilaappleliveleaf (mid 3-)
sucks sap of live flower Malus pumila Apple Rosales: Rosaceae 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/Rhopalosiphum insertum/Rhopalosiphum insertumapple-grass aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus pumila/Malus pumilaappleliveflower (mid 3-)
sucks sap of live leaf Foreign Pyrus communis s.l. pear Rosales: Rosaceae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Rhopalosiphum insertum/Rhopalosiphum insertumapple-grass aphid Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyrus communis s.l./Pyrus communis s.l.pearliveleaf
sucks sap of live root POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Aphid Predators, Rotheray, G.E., 1989
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Rhopalosiphum insertum/Rhopalosiphum insertumapple-grass aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couchliveroot (summer)
sucks sap of live Phragmites australis Common Reed Poales: Poaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Rhopalosiphum insertum/Rhopalosiphum insertumapple-grass aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/Phragmites australiscommon reedlive (summer)
sucks sap of live Avena oats Poales: Poaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Rhopalosiphum insertum/Rhopalosiphum insertumapple-grass aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Avena/Avenaoatslive (summer)

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.
Rotheray, G.E., 1989Aphid PredatorsNaturalists' Handbooks, 11, 77pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Rhopalosiphum insertum (Apple-grass Aphid) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Rhopalosiphum insertum (Apple-grass Aphid) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRhopalosiphum insertum (Apple-grass 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 insertum (Apple-grass Aphid)

Rhopalosiphum insertum (Apple-grass 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 insertum (Apple-grass Aphid):

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