Aphis gossypii

TaxID: 80765

Basic Information

Aphis gossypii

cotton aphid, Cotton aphid, Melon aphid, Melon Aphid

Aphis gossypii is a tiny insect, an aphid ("greenfly") in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. It is a true bug and sucks sap from plants. It is a widely distributed pest of a variety of agricultural crops in the families Cucurbitaceae, Rutaceae and Malvaceae. Common names include cotton aphid, melon aphid and melon and cotton aphid.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hemiptera

Aphididae

Aphis

gossypii

unclassified

Photos (0 photos)

No photos available.

Morphological Features

Aptera 0.8–1.7 mm.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
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Plazi taxonomic treatment

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 —
Bahrain Regulated non-quarantine pest 2003
Cambodia Quarantine pests —
Iraq Quarantine pests —
Moldova Quarantine pests —
Oman Present —
Qatar Absent —
Sao Tome and Principe Quarantine pests —

Distribution (75 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

75
Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Algeria Present —
United Arab Emirates Present —
Argentina Present —
American Samoa Present —
Australia Present —
Belgium Present —
Bangladesh Present —
Bosnia and Herzegovina Present —
Brazil Present —
Canada Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (5 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCF_020184175.1 Chromosome - - - - -
GCF_004010815.2 Scaffold - - - - -
GCA_917880025.4 Chromosome - - - - -
GCA_020184165.1 Chromosome - - - - -
GCA_004010815.1 Scaffold 294 77 437 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR37583523 whole body - - 20504851 China:Baoding
SRR37583522 whole body - - 16206645 China:Baoding
SRR37583521 whole body - - 16960654 China:Baoding

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

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