Idiopterus nephrelepidis Davis, 1909
(Fern Aphid)

Interactions where Idiopterus nephrelepidis is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
sucks sap of live Rare Cyclamen cyclamens Ericales: Primulaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Idiopterus nephrelepidis/Idiopterus nephrelepidisfern aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Primulaceae/Cyclamen/CyclamencyclamensliveRare
sucks sap of live Rare Saintpaulia ionantha African Violet Lamiales: Gesneriaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Idiopterus nephrelepidis/Idiopterus nephrelepidisfern aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Gesneriaceae/Saintpaulia ionantha/Saintpaulia ionanthaAfrican violetliveRare
sucks sap of live, curled, sometimes killed leaf FILICOPSIDA leptosporangiate ferns Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Idiopterus nephrelepidis/Idiopterus nephrelepidisfern aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Filicopsida/Filicopsidaleptosporangiate fernslive, curled, sometimes killedleaf
sucks sap of live, curled, sometimes killed leaf Minor Nephrolepis ladder ferns Polypodiales: Davalliaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Idiopterus nephrelepidis/Idiopterus nephrelepidisfern aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Davalliaceae/Nephrolepis/Nephrolepisladder fernslive, curled, sometimes killedleafMinor
sucks sap of live, curled, sometimes killed leaf Minor Polypodium polypodies Polypodiales: Polypodiaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Idiopterus nephrelepidis/Idiopterus nephrelepidisfern aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Polypodiaceae/Polypodium/Polypodiumpolypodieslive, curled, sometimes killedleafMinor
sucks sap of live, curled, sometimes killed leaf Major Adiantum capillus-veneris Maidenhair Fern Polypodiales: Pteridaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Idiopterus nephrelepidis/Idiopterus nephrelepidisfern aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Pteridaceae/Adiantum capillus-veneris/Adiantum capillus-venerismaidenhair fernlive, curled, sometimes killedleafMajor
sucks sap of live, curled, sometimes killed leaf Minor Pteris ribbon ferns Polypodiales: Pteridaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Idiopterus nephrelepidis/Idiopterus nephrelepidisfern aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Pteridaceae/Pteris/Pterisribbon fernslive, curled, sometimes killedleafMinor

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

Idiopterus nephrelepidis (Fern Aphid) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Idiopterus nephrelepidis (Fern Aphid) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesIdiopterus nephrelepidis (Fern Aphid)
FamilyAPHIDIDAE (greenfly)
SuperfamilyAPHIDOIDEA (aphids)
SuborderSTERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Idiopterus nephrelepidis (Fern Aphid)

Idiopterus nephrelepidis (Fern Aphid) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Idiopterus nephrelepidis (Fern Aphid):

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