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.