The Black Cherry Aphid, or cherry blackfly, (Myzus cerasi), is an aphid in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. It is a true bug and sucks sap from plants.
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| Colony of Myzus cerasi on a cherry leaf | |
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| Species: | M. cerasi
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| Myzus cerasi (Fabricius, 1775)
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Host plants edit
It is known to live on both wild and domesticated cherry varieties.[1]
Synonyms edit
- Aphis aparines Kaltenbach, 1843
- Aphis asperulae Walker, 1848
- Aphis cerasi Müller, 1776
- Aphis cerasi Fabricius, 1775
- Aphis euphrasiae Walker, 1849
- Aphis molluginis Koch, 1854
- Aphis veronicae Walker, 1848
- Myzoides cerasi van der Goot, 1913
- Myzoides cerasi Fabricius
- Myzus alectorolophi Heinze, 1961
- Myzus asperulae Walker, 1848
- Myzus callange Essig, 1954
- Myzus galiifolium Theobald, 1929
- Myzus langei Essig, 1936
- Myzus pruniavium Börner, 1926
- Myzus quasipyrinus Theobald, 1929
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