Brevicoryne brassicae

TaxID: 69196

Basic Information

Brevicoryne brassicae

Cabbage Aphid, cabbage aphid

Brevicoryne brassicae, commonly known as the cabbage aphid or cabbage aphis, is a destructive aphid (plant louse) native to Europe that is now found in many other areas of the world. The aphids feed on many varieties of produce, including cabbage, broccoli (especially), Brussels sprouts, cauliflower and many other members of the genus Brassica, but do not feed on plants outside of the family Brassicaceae. The insects entirely avoid plants other than those of Brassicaceae; even though thousands may be eating broccoli near strawberries, the strawberries will be left untouched. Cabbage aphids, from the genus Brevicoryne of the family Aphididae, are grayish-green, but a waxy covering gives them a grayish-white to powdery blue appearance.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hemiptera

Aphididae

Brevicoryne

brassicae

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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(c) ingridaltmann@BY-NC
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(c) dlbowls@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (8 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Angola Quarantine pests —
Iraq Quarantine pests —
Moldova Quarantine pests —
New Caledonia Quarantine pests —
Nicaragua Absent —
Paraguay Quarantine pests —
Sao Tome and Principe Quarantine pests —
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (60 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Argentina Present —
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Belgium Present —
Belarus Present —
Brazil Present —
Botswana Present —
Canada Present —
Chile Present —
China Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_042479345.1 Chromosome 429 16795 93131 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR29922862 whole body of aphids after a two-day transfer to intact corn plant, replicate 2 - - 24011329 China:Wuhan
SRR29922861 whole body of aphids after a two-day transfer to intact corn plant, replicate 3 - - 25589416 China:Wuhan
SRR32201113 body Adult - 45241297 USA: TN, Cosby

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature