Macrosiphum stanleyi
| Macrosiphum stanleyi | |
|---|---|
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Aphididae |
| Genus: | Macrosiphum |
| Species: | M. stanleyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Macrosiphum stanleyi Wilson, 1915 | |
Macrosiphum stanleyi, commonly known as the spindly elderberry aphid, is an aphid in the genus Macrosiphum found in the Western United States, ranging into Utah and neighboring states.[1][2][3]
Macrosiphum stanleyi uses red elderberry and blue elderberry as its dominant hosts, which it feeds off of.[1]
This species is identified by its larger than life legs, an almond shaped body with a spine at the end, and brown 4 cross on its back in winged adults. They are light yellowish green in coloration.[1][3]
References
- 1 2 3 "Macrosiphum stanleyi (Spindly elderberry aphid) identification, images, ecology, control". influentialpoints.com. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
- ↑ Knowlton, George (15 June 1942). "Aphids from Mount Timpanogos, Utah". Great Basin Naturalist. 3 (1). ISSN 0017-3614.
- 1 2 "Spindly Elderberry Aphid Macrosiphum stanleyi". Wild Columbia County. 31 October 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2025.