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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Aphididae |
| Genus: | Aphis |
| Species: | A. sambuci
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| Binomial name | |
| Aphis sambuci Linnaeus, 1758
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Aphis sambuci, commonly known as the elderberry aphid, is a species of aphid distributed in all the Holarctic regions except for Japan and Korea.[1][2]
The main host species of this aphid is Sambucus ssp. It has been mainly recorded on the Eurasian black elderberry but has also been found on the North American subspecies of red elderberry.[2]
Appearance
[edit]This species has a cross pattern on its back, and is blackish to greenish. siphunculi are short and black. It sometimes has a white striped belly. There are also sometimes white margins on the top of the aphid.[1][2][3]
History
[edit]The species was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "AphID - Aphis sambuci". aphid.aphidnet.org. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
- ^ a b c "Aphis sambuci (Elder aphid) identification, images, ecology, control". influentialpoints.com. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
- ^ "Elder Aphid | NatureSpot". www.naturespot.org. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
- ^ "Aphis sambuci Linnaeus, 1758". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2025-12-18.
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