Aphis sambuci Linnaeus, 1758 is a animal in the Aphididae family, order Hemiptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Aphis sambuci Linnaeus, 1758

Aphis sambuci Linnaeus, 1758

Aphis sambuci, the elderberry aphid, is an aphid species that lives across most Holarctic regions and feeds on Sambucus plants.

Family
Genus
Aphis
Order
Hemiptera
Class
Insecta

About Aphis sambuci Linnaeus, 1758

Aphis sambuci, commonly called the elderberry aphid, is an aphid species. It is distributed across all Holarctic regions, with the exception of Japan and Korea. The primary host plants of this aphid are species in the genus Sambucus. Most records of this species are from Eurasian black elderberry, but it has also been found on the North American subspecies of red elderberry.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hemiptera Aphididae Aphis

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