Phylloxeroidea

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Phylloxeroidea
Daktulosphaira vitifoliae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Infraorder: Aphidomorpha
Superfamily: Phylloxeroidea
Herrich-Schaeffer, 1854
Families

Adelgidae
Phylloxeridae

The Phylloxeroidea

sister taxon. The two extant families are the pine and spruce aphids (Adelgidae, including the former family Chermesidae, or "Chermidae") and the phylloxerans (Phylloxeridae), including vine phylloxera
, a serious pest of grapevines.

References

  1. ^ Herrich-Schaeffer (1854) In Koch. Vorwort des Herausgebers. Die Pflanzenläuse Aphiden getreu nach dem Leben abgebildet und beschrieben, Verlag von J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg 1:III-VIII