Genus Sitobion Higher classification Sitobion | Scientific name Sitobion avenae Rank Species | |
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Similar Aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi, Rhopalosiphum, Metopolophium dirhodum, Insect | ||
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The English Grain Aphid, (Sitobion avenae) is an aphid in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. It is a true bug and sucks sap from plants. It is lives on grasses, sedge and rushes and can be a significant pest of cereals.
This species act as a host of entomophthoralean fungi.
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