Diuraphis noxia

TaxID: 143948

Basic Information

Diuraphis noxia

Russian Wheat Aphid, Russian wheat aphid

The Russian wheat aphid (Diuraphis noxia) is an aphid that can cause significant losses in cereal crops. The species was introduced to the United States in 1986 and is considered an invasive species there. This aphid is pale green and up to 2 mm long. Cornicles are very short, rounded, and appear to be lacking. There is an appendage above the cauda giving the aphid the appearance of having two tails. The saliva of this aphid is toxic to the plant and causes whitish striping on cereal leaves. Feeding by this aphid will also cause the flag leaf to turn white and curl around the head causing incomplete head emergence. Its host plants are cereal grain crops including wheat and barley and to a lesser extent, wild grasses such as wheatgrasses, brome-grasses, ryegrasses and anything in the grass family. The Russian wheat aphid is native to southwestern parts of Asia. It was introduced to many countries in Europe and Africa. It was first found in the U.S. in 1986 in Texas. The species was probably transmitted through wheat imports.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hemiptera

Aphididae

Diuraphis

noxia

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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Diuraphis noxia
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(c) Melissa Schreiner@BY-NC
Diuraphis noxia
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(c) Melissa Schreiner@BY-NC
Diuraphis noxia
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(c) Melissa Schreiner@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (4 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Quarantine Status (3 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Brazil A1 list 2018
Ecuador Quarantine pests —
United States of America Quarantine pests 1993

Distribution (36 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
1
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Afghanistan Present —
Albania Present —
Algeria Present —
Argentina Present —
Australia Present
Canada Present
Chile Present —
Colombia Present —
Denmark Present —
Egypt Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCF_001186385.1 Scaffold - - - - -
GCA_001938505.1 Scaffold - - - - -
GCA_001186385.1 Scaffold 395 13 397 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR29288434 whole body adult female 10554524 South Africa: Stellenbosch
SRR29288433 whole body adult female 10919744 South Africa: Stellenbosch
SRR29288432 whole body adult female 12791636 South Africa: Stellenbosch

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature