Melanaphis (genus)
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Melanaphis sacchari colony on sorghum (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Patrick Porter, Texas Cooperative Extension
Source: IPM Images
Author(s): Patrick Porter, Texas Cooperative Extension
Source: IPM Images
Melanaphis van der Goot, 1917
This genus of aphids contains around 25 species that are widely distributed, e.g. in the Americas, Europe and Asia. A number of them are important agricultural pests like Melanaphis sacchari or M. pyraria. They infest mainly gramineous crops like sugarcane, sorghum or maize, but also fruit and nut trees as well as forest trees.
Melanaphis belongs to the subfamily Aphidinae and includes small to medium-sized aphids related to the genus Rhopalosiphum. They have short siphunculi and winged adults have dark forewing veins.
Currently, the following species have been entered into the system:
