Biology:Uroleucon sonchi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Aphididae |
| Genus: | Uroleucon |
| Species: | U. sonchi
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| Uroleucon sonchi (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Uroleucon sonchi is a species of aphid in the family Aphididae. Known as the large sow-thistle aphid, it is a native of Europe, and has been introduced to several other countries.[1][2][3][4] It principally feeds on the sow thistle (Sonchus sp.) but is also a pest of cultivated lettuce, and so is also known as the brown lettuce aphid.[5]
Distribution
U. sonchi is native to the Palaearctic region, but is now found in North and South America, the Middle East, Yemen, Africa, India , Japan , China , Korea, New Zealand, and (since 1995) Australia .[6]
Ecology
This species feeds on many plants in the Asteraceae, mostly the tribe Lactuceae: sow-thistle (Sonchus oleraceus) and other Sonchus species, lettuce and other Lactuca species, endive, Emilia sonchifolia, Geropogon glabrum, and Picris hieracioides.[6]
Parasites
The parasite Aphidius sonchi, ostensibly a specialised parasite of Hyperomyzus lactucae, has been reared occasionaly from U. sonchi.[6]
Subspecies
These three subspecies belong to the species Uroleucon sonchi:
- Uroleucon sonchi afghanicum (Narzikulov & Umarov, 1972)
- Uroleucon sonchi sonchi (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Uroleucon sonchi stepposa
References
- ↑ "Uroleucon sonchi Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=200690. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Uroleucon sonchi". https://www.gbif.org/species/2070752. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Uroleucon sonchi species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/345518. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ Favret, Colin (2019). "species Uroleucon sonchi (Linnaeus, 1767)". http://Aphid.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1169745. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ↑ Reinink, K.; Dieleman, F. L. (1989). "Resistance in lettuce to the leaf aphids Macrosiphum euphorbiae and Uroleucon sonchi" (in en). Annals of Applied Biology 115 (3): 489–498. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1744-7348.1989.tb06569.x.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Carver, Mary (1999). "Uroleucon sonchi (Linnaeus) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in Australia" (in en). Australian Journal of Entomology 38 (4): 314–317. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1440-6055.1999.00128.x.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q10710820 entry
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